The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-08 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

Having a right, on account of the well-known
origin of TnE SUN, to consider it as the. Chief
PITT JOURNAL of the Country, we feel it to
be our duty to give all possible celebrity to the
annual Festivals in honour of our departed States-
man, and we therefore insert with pleasure the fol-
lowing article from that respectable paper, The
Leeds Intelligencer, of the 4th inst.:---

LEEDS PITT CLUB.
The Anniversary of this Society was celebrated on Monday
last, at the Music-hall :. JOHN Hanr)Y, Esq., the Recorder,
in the Chair. The dinner and wines, provided by Mr. Mose-
ley, were of the first order, and every arrangement was made
which could add to the enjoyments of the evening. The band
of the tith regiMent was stationed in the gallery, and Mr.. Har.
graVe of Pontefract, together with a number 'of other profss-
sional vocalists, appeared in the orchestra, and performed seve-
ral excellent songs and glees.
• As soon as the cloth was drawn, and' Non nobis Domine"
had been sung by the choristers,
The PaEsimixT addressed the meeting. In rising to pro-
pose a toast which uniformly took theprecedence, he shoUld not
have prefaced it with a single observation, baddt not been for
the injustice and indignity with which the subject of it had.been
treated. The sovereign of a free country like this, who had
the best security for his Throne in the hearts and-affection-S-of
his ',capita nest feel 'Most sensibly the attempts which had been
him in ' • '• • •
mane to betray Lieu • estimation. Every one of• them
could bear witness'to the industry with which his character had
been assailed by every-species of slander-that the most malig-
nant calumny could suggest. It was quite ithpossible to believe
the Sovereign could be, in a. situation to give personal offence; no
headaild front of his offending was, that he is a King—
(Applausa.)—That was his offence; and for that they strove by
all means to degrade and vilify him. He knew no old fa-shiened
virtue more characteristic of Englishmen than their loyalty; and
hewas convinced that td oSe he was then addressing Would scorn
to-name the name of King, on an occasion like this, without
feelings of affection for him ;—not of mereabStraet attachment
to the Throne itself, but to -the nian'who finis it.—(Conti-
nued applause.)--He made this observation because he. had -re-
Marked, that all the loyalty and patriotism which had been
congregated in the Egyptian Hall under the auspices of the
Lord Mayor, had received. this toast with sullen silence ; whilst
the name of another royal personage, whose proper station was
that insignificanee into winch she was fast smiting, had been
hailed with tumultuous applause. He was' not -afraid of their
offering such an indignity their monarch ; but he wished to
bring to their recollection, that he was that sovereign, who,
though nursed in.the -very school of Mr. Pitt's opponents, had,
at a crisis when -I;ngland expected, but scarcely dared hope for
it, .paid the most deliberate homage to the principles. of that
great roan. They all recollected- the period when ,he entered
upon the functions which devolved upon him from the infirmi-
ties of his venerable father, and the restrictions under which
be was placed by a Pitt Administration ; but no sooner was he
at liberty, than he took those men to his confidence and conti-
nued them in his councils. .He knew of no. trait in history so
attractive as that of our Fifth Henry, who honoured. with his
esteem Chief Justice Gascoigne, by whom he Shad •been com-
mitted to prison, when Prince of Wales, for his irregularities.
But. George the Fourth had done more. - lle had not, like
Henry, 44(1: to combat with the consciousness of his own mis.
eimduct, and to trace to it thoassrestrictions, which seemed to
iMpute to him a disposition to act in a manner inconsistent
with filial piety and decorum ; but in, spite of all this, he sa-
crificed his personal feelings to public. duty,. convinced hat the
polio, of- Pitt was the policy of England.(Applause.)—On
the altar of his country he offered up his. early prejudices, and
the consequence was, that England. was England still.(Shouts
of applause.)--,He was now about to take uPon him (though
various means had been tried to delay the ceremony), the im-
perial crown of those realms ; and there
,was riot a man there
whose heart did not respond to the. wish! " may he who wears
the crown immortal long guard hims!"—(Plaudits.).
"The Eings"—(four times four.)
Song—" God save the King."---:.Mr. Hargrave; accompa-
nied by the band, and choruased by the company.
The PRESIDENT regretted lie could not propose a name in
the place of-that excellent feMale who for more than half a eens
tury shared the throne of those realms, and dignified it by 'her
exansple. But if he did regret, it was not because he conceived
it-any injustice to the woman who here the title now. He
should therefore give, . •

" Tne Duke of York,"--,(3 times 3.)
Glee—" Hail Stai of Brunswick."

" The Duke of Clarende, and the other branches of the-Royal
family."—(3 times 3.)

Air—" Ruh Britannia." .
Glee.—" When order' in .his ?and cornrnenc'd."

In proposing the next, toast, the PittsincT said,, the praise
of ,Mr. Pitt had so often kindled an eloquence to which he couid
not aspire, that he should not haVe oared a' single Observation,
had henbt been convinced that whatever were the demerits of
the speaker, they would be forgotten in his soul7insphing
the Me. .And.yet the praise of Mr. Pitt might inspire the most
stambicring tongue—it was the praise of wificloin, energy,' disin-
terestednsi, devotedness to his country, in short,, of true pa-
triotism • He was aware this opinion was not universal nor
would it have been so, had he been really entitled to the tvpel-
lation Which had been given to him of "beaven-born" minister.
Those who were 'cast into the shade by. the splendour of his
mighty talents, would still have carped, at his measures and
policy. The assertion that he had plunged the country unne-
cessarily into war, had been often made and repeated, notwith-
standing the flagrant facts' which contradict it. No alternative
was left him but-_a recourse to arms, and the resolution and firm-
-ness with Which he met the crisis were what excited their a&
miration, and 'induced -them to poUr out 'libations to his me-
• mory on that day. Which gave tO England its greatest states-
man, and. to all future Ministers so iliti,;trious an example:
The Chairman, after some farther observations; gtVe.
" The Immortal Memory of the late light Hon. AVM Pitt."
C 6 times; -
Glee—" Pitt's illustrious name."
•
". Our glorious Constitution in Church and State."
'Britons strike home:"

The CriArnm.AN prefaced the next toast with sonic well-
merited eulogiums upon .the noble president of the club, the
Earl•of-fiarewood. "•Ii there be a patriot in this country, said
ttr. Hardy,):the.president of this chili :is one,—faking the word
pa.triot, in its legitimate and sober accentation, as descriptive of
a man ardently alive to thinj.afF,:f'Aing the honour and in-
terest Of his country, and deterimned by every saerifice -to Sup-
port them. I. arn.not a convert to those opinions, Which would
confile the merits of ,patriotism exclusively t!! the opponents of
Goverment; the man, who, from .pure and conscientious mo-
tives, supports the measures of those in power, is as.miieh en--
titled :to that appellation as he, who, froof the same conscien-
tious Motives, oppwies them."
Our noble President, the Earl of Ilarewood.."—(3. times 34.;
• " The Navy and Army."--(3 time 3.)
.Song,—" Rule Britannia."—Mr. Ilargrave.
This we's sung in such a Superior style, that the last verse
was rapturously .encored.
The :Hong,: of Brunswick, and. may they never forget the
prinnipks tilt placed them on the Throne of these Realms, and
alw,,ys r:.,rnerebr thosa"tbatlent their). there:et
The CR Aln MAN observed; that wise and able measures were
Of little avail, without a Skilful and vigorous arm to execute
them ; and that arm Britain,had found in the Duke of Wel-
lington. That General was at once the sword and the spear of
his c,-lintry. lie knew how to song .-r his enemies b}l delays,
c.s the rapidity of a march, or the impetttosity ornis
With such a leader, and with such fJllowsets, as Ile
(:;orne of 'whom he now saw around him),
" Nought shall make us rue,
If England to herself do. prove but true."
ccthe Duke ot7l4'''l:llington."—(3 times 3.)

. . „ .
"Se tlo. Conglitrinf.;• Hvro comes." - '
". The. glorious inernory of those who have Lilen in the sal.,
vice of their country."
Glee.—" Peace to the souls of the Heroes."

The CII AI II MAN" introduced the next toast, with a highly hu-
mourous speech, which etcited much laughter and a?) pause from
the conTany. 13c observed, he was then to propose a sct or
who, n one half of what was said of them were true, they nu
believe to be utterly incapable of directing their conduct by the
dictates of common sense.—They were accused of. conducting
themselves so weakly or wickedly, 116 to endanger the trp,-.6
lily l tolly to destroy the prosperity of the country. Titis
ac c made, 'not 'only by the toi::--rag and bobtail of
Inti-ruinistoriJ scribblers, from the authors of many caged'
pamphlets; to the writers on dead Walls ; but on an autnortty
'no leas grave and oracular than that bf men appose superior
political wisdom entitled- them to theapnellation of " all the
Talents," The. men, whom, he was about to • pr se as a
toast, were, he believed, denominated by these i)Ll•sens " An

the Blocks ;" this probably was ly Way of a Rowland for their
Oliver; for the7latter did give the Talents an Oliver, and to do
them justice, they had indisputably made the most of him:—
The worthy Chairman then made some very appropriate allu-
s!onS tti the different Charges brought by " All the Talents "
against the Administration ; and concluded byfliving
Song—

" His Maiesty's
" The Death of Abercrombie."-=-Mr. Hargrave.
" The Protestant 'Ascendancy."
" Lord Eldon."
" May the winciple§ of Mr. Pitt ever animate the CouneilS of
Great Britain:"

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" The Mayor of Leeds."—(3. times 3.)
_ . Glee--" The City Feast."
" Mr. Stuart Wortley, the worthy anti inclipendent represen-
tative of this county."
• " The Pitt Clubs of the United Kingdom."—(3 times 3.),
" The Vicar of Leeds."—Gi times 3).
The VICAR, in returning thanks, begged leave to-recommend
the ConstitutionahAssociation to the support of the Pitt-Clubs.
This Society, he observed, was, in its principles, constitutional;
and. had fir its object to bring to jttstice the seditious libcllist
and caricaturist--The Reverend Gentleman observed, he •had
himself been at the office of the Association ; and had had an
.opportunity of seeing some of those caricatures. Although J 4
or 15 of the worst description were selected from-them for the
inspection of Counsel,' yet what remained. were of ,the most
abominable cast. It was for those persons who professed to be
attached-to Pitt principles, to support this society.
" Colonel Lloyd."—(3 times 3.) •
" The Vicar of-Wakefield, and the neighbouring Clergymen
who have. honoured us with their company."
The Vicar of Wakefield returned thanks.
" Our worthy President, Mr. Hardy."—(With 3 times 3.)
" The Viee-Presidents."
Alderman HALL, returned thanks.—ln the course- of -his
speech, the Worthy Alderman alluded to the Constitutional
Association, in the following terms These, sir,arenot times
to relax any of the bonds which give firmness to the Constitue
tion, or to reed any, vows which we have plighted in its de-
fence. view, with. pleasure, anadditional guard, in the Asso-
ciation to which the worthy Vicarhas called pun- attention. I
am inclined to think well of this Association, because I per-
ceive that it is already a terror to the vile caricaturists of royalty,
-and to the whole herd of blasphemous and seditious editors ; ;'
well it may, for their whole craft is endannered, and they eanno
longer pursue their abominable work, with tat impunity. which,
to the scandal of ail good subjects, has too long attended them. • e
I think no worse of it, because, as a lieentious daily Newspaper
infbrihs me, it is encouraged by the whole bench of Bishops ;
and it -has risen in my estimation since ,it was honoured with
the sneers of an arch-radical senator,'at a tavern dinner ; but it
conies chiefly recommended to me by the speech in Parliament ;
of the Queen's Attorney-General ;- and Ido trust that the of-
fences which it is designed to check, alas ! too numerous to hf.
meet with due visitation from the law officers of the Crown, will ' r
not escape the hundred eyes of this Constitutional :urns. As
Members ourselves of a Constitutional Society, it •betannes us < ,
to give this our support."
-.The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of Sir John Nu-
gent
and the 6th Regiment, complimented them for -doz
soldier-like and orderly conduct during the time they- have been
in Leeds, which, he said, was due to thins from the Command-
ing (Weer to the lowest individual.
" general Sir John Nugent, and the 6th Regiment ; and God
bless them wherever they go." (3 times 3.) .
Captain Thomson returned thanks.
Air—" Ye Warwickshire Lads." • •
" The Wakefield Litotes." •
Mr. Naylor returned thanks.
" Colonel Hardy, and the Leeds Volunteers."—(3 times 3.)
Colonel Hardy returned thanks. ..•
Glee—" Lik's a bumper." •
" The-Lover of the Leeds Volunteers." , -
" Lord Grantham and the Yorkshire Hussars." (3 times 3.)
Captain William Beckett retarned thanks.
" The Vice President, Dr. hunter," •
Dr. Hunter returned thanks. - •
Music.—" ScotS cause o'er the border."
" The land we live in ; and may those. who' don't like it,
leave it. •
The CHAIR MAN left the Chair 'about ten o'clock ; and was
succeeded by LE Pxoli DoasoN, Esq. . The compally did not
separate till a lat.: hour.

DREADFUL A CCIDENT.—The ,S'aiopian Jourprt
says, " At an early hour on Tuesday morning a
part of the southern wall of the Theatre at
Shrewsbury gave .waf, and Calling on the roof
of an adjoining house/ forced a part of it down to
the kitchen floor, below- the level of the sirel•
Unfortunately a labourin,, man, named Davies,
with his wife and two Andrei' (one of them
seven years old; the other an infant at the breast)
slept in a bed in ,the garret, immediately under
the dislocated mass, which forced them, together
with a quantity.of. large stones, timber, the bed,
,Stc.&c.down to the kitchen, where they were
bared the'heap of fallen materials. Four
other children of the same man lay in a bed in
another part of the room, and providentially
were unhurt. the roont• underneath, 11.1 r.
Jofies; a -milkman, his wife, and their niece, oe-
:cupieo two beds, which were situated out of the
direction taken by the mass the'youn4
woman, however, received some serious cuts and
Mr:Jones and his wife,on being roused
by the breaking Of the floors, &c. got out orbed,
°and with difficulty escaped. The timber was re-
moved as promptly !as possible ; but E. DaVies
was found a corpse ; and the body of his wife was
"quite cold When taken up; it is presumed she must
have died at the instant of the fall ;
their son, opened his eyes 'when; taken from the
rubbish, but' died- immediately: the infant vo-.;
miraculously preserved, having fallen throng!'
three stories of the house, and at the same time
being overwhelmed by the whole heap of- mate'
rials, yet was nearly unhurt, althost under its
hapless mother, two. spars having met over it,
and protected it froM the falling rubbish: TV_
remaining children were taken into the house/
Mr. ‘Vatton, a printer, who lives opposite, .an'
by whom Davies, had for several years been eel'
ployed as a newsman. The Sanie morning ail
Inquest was-held at the. IVbite Lion, on t4t'
on the bodies of the per!-;ons
when a verdict was returned of " Accidental
.Death ; deedand 205." -

Yesterday the Charity Children, male and fe:
amounting to near nine thousand, educat;
be volimtary subscription in the_ different paril
schools in the Metropolis and the onviron. Pry:
ceeded, ztccoKding to annual custom. to St. Paul'
Ca thetkitl to hear .Divine Service.'.
broAe
The Mariluess of Dc.,247.:GAL's carriage
down last night, opposite the statue, at Char-1
Cross, ia conveying 'Mr. Ctric,ifirci; to the.lloos'
of 'Coninn-;n.s, between twelve and one o'claci.
The lion. Gentleman happily escaped .unhurt.

MARRIED.
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At St. Martin's church, Wm. Du Bois, Esq., to Miss Lin
clituqiiter of M. Lin,lo, Esq., of Stoke Newington.
()n the sth inst , -Mr. John Ed vans, of.ithid-str ect. to 1-1i,,1-
hetil, wiilew of 'Cap J.3`.,;3 Mr. Jonathan Lambert, of l'ocor''"*-

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On the 4th inst., at Henlev,in-Thames Eleanor IlarP
younguit Jaughter of the late iJoi. Gabriel Harper-, 1.-:"'3l."ll'''fl
Con2pan):' serViee.
11: csterday, the 7th inst. in his 74th year, Wm.
Esq., Champion hill, Surrey. .
In illarch last, in the island of St. Christopher, George era
keley. descendant of the Str,tton liin of BerkeLy,
randfather, Ma,t7ice. Berkeley, mar Il in 3';';_lfl
of the island of Nevis, and thence this bra.lwil b. c.true
fndivris.
LONDON : Prinv‘d by J. E. CiII?.STA IRS, of No. ff).
Orinorni-street, Oucen-s.quare ; and publ.khcd •
SUItIPPS, of N'O. 7, S,auth ;11olton-st,Tet,
OFFICE, No 112, Strand; where Any ortrrists:-.4r.:Nfrti%
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