The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-16 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL ?J KT CLUBS

'BURNLEY PITT CLUB.

The Members of this Society dined together,
at the Parker's Arms, on Wednesday the 28di
to celebrate the birth-day of that Illustrious
Statesman the Right 1100. PITT.'-"2111e fOl•
lowing eloquent and appropriate Speech. was de.
livered on theioccasion by W. L. O. SHAM.
Gewreestat:e--The•• pleasing sod ,honourable
task of addressing a numerous compeny on a pa,
triotic occasion, having never before fallen to my
lot, I naturally feel diffident, and embarrassed, and
request,your: indulgent consideration whilst I ex-
pre,a to you my sentiments on the object of our
meeting, and my opinitin of that Illustrious States-
man and Patrioty.•whose Anniversary we ere this
day met to •commemorate,. and to .whom, under
God, this Country is chiefly indebted for the ho-
nour and safety it note enjoys. s
Perhets no man ever existed so eulogized by
bit admirers; anti so exec:Wed-1v his enenries, era
William Pitt ;, to the.. former class we have the
happiness tp belong, anti I will endeavour to
prove that our admiration of him is founded in
justice, and that he deserves that grateful recol-
lection.which I hope warms the bosom of every
person here present.
The enemies of IJt. Pitt assert titat during his
administration the country was burthened with
taxes, and engaged in deitructive wars ; this is
unfortunately true, but will the most inveterate
assert, that these wins were attributable to that
Minister. Let us calmly and dispassionately en-
quire whether the late war was or was not neces-
sary and unavoidable,- and if so, if Mr. Pitt did,
not take the wisest and best means to bring it to
a speedy and hopourable conclusion.
• That the war was unavoidable, its nature would
sufficiently demJnstrate. We were not fighting,
Gentlemen, .for, national aggrandisement, for an
extension of territory, fors the possession' of a
barren rock in the Mediterranean. No; we were
engaged inn close and mortal, struggle .with
ferocious and powerful enemy for our existence us
R Nation ; in a struggle,nn the issue of, which
ponied these momentous qneitions i—whether;onr
tine Constitution, uVelt the wisdom of ages.has
been employed in framing and perfecting, should
be overthrOwn, and a military despotism esta-
blished on its 'ruins,---whether the dowel-04.ms of
the Conipterors of France should be subjected td
the sway of a low born Cbrsiean, or what is still
worse, of a French military Viceroy, sprunft
trope the dregs of the Revolution ; in a %%AO
whethei. we Were to remain freemen, or become
slaves.
It was towerta destiny so fraught with liar-
raGthat'Wttljettrisitt -%vas given iii us-tri. wield
thi: energies and resources of our country, and by
his mighty genius, at once to guard and avenge
as. No one knew better than Mr. I'itt the trite
character and designs of the arch enemy of Eng-
land ; he Was sensible that he had no law but his
will, that his hatred of England Was inveterate,
that his ambition was: boundless, his..military
t,:lents formidable, and his activity unprecedent
ed ; be knew that no alternative retrained for
England but to hurl him ' front his throne, or
throw herself in slavish submission at the foot of
it, and under this impression
.he acted. His wise
and: energetic measures are well known. to you,
and require. .no comments from me. lie sue-
ceeded in convincing the Continental-Poivers that
the conquest of England by France would be the
sure procorsor of their own tlestruction, lieopen-
ed their eyei to their true interests, and they turn-
ed their arms against the common enemy of Eu-
rope. In the menu time our naval flag flew in
triumph over every navigable sea in the universe;
the fleets of France and Spain skulking in their
harbours found themselves blockaded and in-
sulted by an inferior force, till at :length amidst
the thunder of cannon, the shouts of triumph, arid
ihrieks'of rage and anguish, Trafalgar beheld the
last convulsive struggle of France and Spain for
their maritime existence.
Could Mr. Pitt have inspired the Allies with
unity and decision, the overthrow of Napoleon
won'd have been at 'this time moo: than probable.
p: but, alas ! their timid policy, their 'tardy and un-
decided movements,laid them open to the attacks
Of their vigilant and active foe, and 'the battle of
Ansterlitz, Which turned the check of Enropepal,ii,
oyerthrew,the well-grounded hopes of Mr. Pitt.
and hastened his death. is teat's for our stately:
litoke the Patriot's heart, lie fell a Martyr to bit'
country as effectually as if the swords of France
had pierced his bosom on the field of battle ; the
• last sigh which his breaking heart Was breath-'
ed in a prayer. to heaven to protect and sava,his
country, and the man, through whose liandi the
• treasures of .a nation had passed, left nothing be-
hind him but she memory Of his brilliant ,talents,
his devoted patriotism, and his unimpeachable
integrity.
To eulogize Mr. Pitt as an Orator wont() be to
.waste words. His great political adversary, Mr.
Fox, knew and estimated the brilliance of his
eloquence, the pecnliar force and energy of his
style, and the • weight of his arguments. Whilst
he watched to guard his beloved Country from ffa-
reign foes, helves no less attentive to her inter-
nal prosperity, this did not escape the attention of
his great and comprehensive mind ; her trade,
commeree, manufactures, and agriculture,
ltn-
pored beneath. Isis auspices, and so intimate was
his knowledge of the minutia) of trade, _ that, on
the !examination of manufactures before a 'Com-
' mit= of thellouse, he has often astonished indi-
viduals by naming the amount of: their annual
prOtits, and pointed out the best Menus by which
those profits, might be increased.
There is no-tioubtAhat Mr. Pitt was also well

acquainted with the political sentiMents of the
,
great mass UT the people : how Lis informat itin t<as
acqaired we are iguortnt ; but we know that lie
never resorted to that ,disOraceftil,' system of* es -
poinageitt obi:tittle so usual inTennte.
Let its now proceed to estimate the wisdom of
Mr. Pitt's methaires, as is 0t0... umural, by 'heir
consequences. I shalt pass over. the interval
tweeit the lamented indiSpOsition of the !•.,;ovettlign
and the'commencemeut of,lke 'Regency: FOrtn.
timely ,for this country a toil& dotage took place
in the political sentiments of the Prince Regent,
he diminished from his confidence his timnevml-
- rod retetihed rho'S'e then who"opebly to uwvd
the ht.!htimehtinf..ll7.ol.6ol.Viii,.. Ana their deter-
ininatiou to walk-in his footst.ops. The result lias
been more gioriom thorn The" MAU sanguine it.at riot
dared; toljoiie1::By Pitt their bea*
von and ••gaitle,•they have steered the vessel of the
State through great and innumerible
into A haven.OlVontiurable and I,hope permanent
secnrity ; the most frightful despotism that ever
oppeeitol Eustope, hassbtroraverthruwo, and legi.
Ornate authOrity re-established., . .
would ask the political Adversaries of Itr.
Pitt, it''''suCh' adVantages Would have resulted trout
the timid, and • disgraceful policy which they so
much atltnire.?-1 would ask them if stibmission
, .
and concession to Buonaparte. or whinotg tb•pre-
' cations :of his vengesioce, ever in one instance
softened'his heart, or averted the terrible effects of
Ibis indignation ?

'Spain, from the 'Commencement of his despotic
career, held leer treasures. and bland ,at his
posal : her youth fought beneath his banners for
objects wholly unconnected with her national in-
terests, her fleets shared with his disa"Ster and de-
feat, in short, she bec.ame lit tle better th,in a pro-
vince of France, How did Napoleon reward her
blind and devoted attachment ! lie dethroned her
venerable Sovereign, he kidnapped and imprison-
ed his successor, he Wondered and burned I.cr
towns, anat,iOP btitcherld tier patriotic citizens.
Arneriew egtin to think hispower ieresistableond
his predictiOns of ‘engeance infallible; his blasphe-
mous as'semption oft he powers ut Cl,UllitAittllCC was
looked upon with fear, instead of horror and dis-
gust; blind toiler trite interests She separated herself
from England, and became an admirer and ad-
herent of' Na'poleon. now did he reward her ?
Jit a titne, of profound peateet,,4smerican • Yesintls
Were captured and confiscated, by the French,
and no reason. assigned but the will of the Impe-
rial Captor ;' her Ambasinitlor followed. in his train
more like a prisoner, than the representatipe
:of an independant nation ; in, sliortj she was in-
-Stilted, neglected, •and despised. " I love the
niettelliii,"'exelainied the qmperial ilypnerite,
,snd the Americans might 'Console thtIIISCIVtI c sill
h s magnanimone declarat ion fot the conflscaticnt
of their property and the• imprisonment of their
persons.
Ye 4, he loved the Americans as lie loved the
Briglish,-as the tiger loses the lamb, and the vul-
ture the kid !

Such was the treatment which the adherents of
Napoleon received at his. ha ndslet Ettgliblquen
reflect what would have been their fate had Mr.
Pitt and his successms sutrered themselves to tae.
cajoled by his artifices, or overawed by his power !
if his friendship was so destructive, what would
his enmity have been ? What dependance conhi
he placed on a man in .whose smiles lurked death
and ruin, and whose fraternal embrace was as per-
nicious as the fold of a riper; who laughed at re-
and substituted self interest for morality,
should he be asked to what he attributes the over-
throw of his once powerful dynasty, would he not
answer to the inveterate and unceasing hostility
of England, proceeding from that just knOW-
ledKe of his real views and character which idr•
Pitt instilled into the Councils of his country.

It is far troM my intention to assert that we
arise from the tremendous struggle with undimi-
nished strength and unimpaired-,resources. Alas
the landholder, the manuincotrer,, the labourer,
fed heavy and equAl hurt bena ; but 'lio:
wiavoidably conseaaant ott illohg' and al'
doom war ; and we might es Tqationably expect
that sudden ttntl hlXuciant verdure would sluing
apon a '.l)ut Of earth which has been b!iglited by
the lightiiing of Ileaven,' as' that peace would, on
the instant, retir her smiling tam amidst thaJhititt
and devristoions of R destructive war. Eat iqt
retieet that patience and fortitude
miter unavoidable misfortunes will not only acce-
let ate the return of that prosperity the loss of
which they deplore, ha: that it is an indispen-
sable duty Which they owe to their Country
their God.. Let us not yield to dtiponticncy htitt
dit;4lttreOion—lot it not be said of Eitgland , t hat
her own children effected that destruction e
world combined in arms against het, strove
to effect.- Our situation ninst improve, but the
improvement must necessaily be slow and grti-
dual.
To conclude, there is no doubt,from the in-
creasing number of Pitt Clain throughout the
country,. and front the -wealth, talent-, Sand inte-
grity, (generally speiiking). of the members which
compose them, that they speak the setae of the
best part of the, country. Their utility is as great
as the rational pleasure _they afford us ; at.
tendance on them serves to increase that patriotic
enthusiasm which is the best safeguard of a nation,
n feeling which raised Imperial Rome to the
summit of earthly power, 'and without which,
England, not withstanding, the vast natural power
she possesses, rvotild, it is probable have sunk in
the late appalling conflict. May our own sinall
but respectable society increase and float:ph—May
we ever part as we meet with, cordiality and tura-
nimity—and may we always retail, a'grateful re•
colluctiort (dale " Pilot that 'weathered the Stlgni."

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LONDON, •
XONTIV. JUNI Id. 1817

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are* 41,1 some of the Morning and•-..,Evening
pawls have attitounce4 their inteotion to glee
`Astable Pipers, in ordir eontaiss rise whole of
the trials, when they are permitted to publish
them, wo think •it loceofarY to infant! our
Reader', that ws shell do time sera* EMI the**
Yore we request that they Will giro tbietr ordets
ediortlingly.
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rawgc:nr) 14trtotzt73etx IN,
't,tremt 1,4 406 stocuryl
n the,seeond edition of our last publication,
we stated some particuisrs,w,hich bad jou 'cached
vs, of a rumoured lasurrectiou la thisi'distriet,
and also the arrest of. tart Persons near rkwsbury,,
on a charge Of treasonabie prittalcee. We shall
now proceed to lay before our (Leaders ell the in.
forromion which we have been able to collect upon
the subject, and our researches have been con.
ducteri with great diligence, with perfect impar-
tiality, and with the most anxious Wish to come
at the truth. We shall first 'Slimily state what ap-
pears to have been the object and extent of the
Tim, and then detail those circumstances which
either attended its derelopement, or which have
subsequently occurred. It appears, that almost
'immediately after the suppression of the Union
Societies, establiOred in different towns in this
1151riCto rk" s•fGafing a reform in Parliamaot, some
of the most violent members associated together,
in a private and clandestine manner. At these
meetiogs it is supposed to have become a question
for deliberation,whether a clangs in the represen-
tation might not la,F ',Acted without the intervca.
ago,. 0440045assiasntireists oisteetscreffect **pore
pole appears to baubeen communicated to them by
Mr, Oliver, who bed been introduced to these iii-
tralleformers by Michell, (a Delegate, now in
custody), tts a parson descrying their confidence,
and nut only disposed to communicate to them in.
terestiog information as to the state of the coun-
try, but able to afford them the mast effectual es.
3iStallee thui recommended," he 500 possessed'
himself of thutir unbottaded confidence. This
person is said to have represented to these cre
dulous men, that all the people in the XL:trope.
lis were favourable to a complete champ in the
:Government, that every thing was Organized. SUM
that it everts absolutely settled, (bat on the night
preceding the trial of the state prisoners, (the oight
of the sth hoe), a general that% would- take j
palace; that us it consequence of this movement, all
the public office* were to be taken-possession of,
all the constituted authorities seized, and the state
prisoners released ; and that a plan had also been
arranged for securing" all the military, by svhich

,uTzli

Utrtt ctfld btc
fretealt. witirout any artfaaiou Of blood. It wet
further represented' to them, that itt ori?"
Orly = into .beat` thit bloodless reteltstlao, 'it
was ithsolutely necetitti'y " ibat bottle ptsn
Should bv•siniultanerotslylret'ed van in all peril
to/ the ,country ; that -it 'was therefore ner.cse.
City• that .on ,the night agreed NOON nunitiy)
on Sunday, the Nth instan4 ail the military its
every district of the liingdotit shottl4l be secured
in their quarters, their arms seiod, and that the
magistrates and other civil toffictil should be Or-.
rested and placed in a stare of restraint, nOt totrilly
that nu roppositiou might tits tuck to the desiipti
of the insurgents, but' theft tissty might ietve ate
hostages for the safety of suet' o(tbeir own party
as might fall into the hands of 401111M171110t.
absurd and, wicked projeit Is said to have been
• entertained, and in sotne'degree tatted npon, by a
cumber of individuals its cliffereut parts of this
district ; and a participation is this plot le.alledg,'
ed against the persons who were apprehended yes.
nudity se'nnight, at Thornhill Lees, charged
with biting assembled there, for the purpose
of, carrying into immediate effect this daring
and •• traitorous' project. Our Readers will pro-
bably infer, front this statement, that the person
introduced by Mitchell to the Ultra lite/tit-men,
Web' in troth, a, apy,,and that every-step tOken to-
wards the exectitiOn of the project, had 'been torn-
oninjcnted tri persons in authority, to, theflof ap
Pr?Te.t° have hecosknown by some of .rhe Magis-
trates for several weeks past. On Friday morn-
ing last, leitrti of the'Delegates, together with
the informer, met at a publiclhouse in this towo,
and proceeded in the direction of Dewslairy, and
(tom thence. to Ihorohill Lees, were they had no
stoner arrived 'at ..the house of rendezvous than
:•
they were surrounded by a detachment
of Yen.
manty Cavalry, and taken into custody. The
following is a correct list of the names and places
of residence of the persons apprehended r -
John &rattly, Shoemaker, Horbory, near Mac Oeld:
:Thomas Murray, Flint.weavte, Leeds.-
Imola Moon, Clath•dresser, Luc's,
Thomas Woud, (*whoa., Witstgate Common, Wahefiehl.
Michaid wailer, a Publican, and formcrly lieepyr of the
You Tree,. Knbertirown.
• nitet lltingen'rth, Carpenter, ittenningbam, nv4rtrodfordt
•I;tienjaalin Whitley, Clothdretiti, Haluifirth.
Edward Flitches, Card-maker, High•To..en. • • ,
Juecids ndg!gy, cutaitr, „tiforidb,;".
Walker, Cd‘ttiiet, Tboroisil4l4e9w Desysbury.
,The priS9P•fil were .isuntediatcly eniteced its
iimiagetcsagatimi by, tip Yeaataitty Clivaley,. to
iyalsefeld, and tisslgs4 its theedort.kilii,s, %oleos
'Oily were eietniostii tor several hours by Sir Francis
VhdleY WilOds agrei 4101004'14141trY6 Esdi• end
otherlifiglitiatt4 Uwe* Assembled. The 'estatni.
nation' was private t elms oirctintstences have,
transpired, Matti we shall 'stale. It
oms nsertid ,by one of the witnesses examined,
.that. to a *beta at ‘Vbitley, near the place of
plrtcoting..th,ere was deposited one hundred nikeS
sod ISO stand of fire.arms ;.'it was further stated
y the same witness, that in the house of John
Smaller, of ,Hothury, would be found trepantity
of ball cartridges. Messengers- :were instantly
disipatched to search both these places, .tind It is
Important ;to state, that, on removing the straw
in the barn, not a single pike or fire.arm could
be discovered, amt it was the opinion of the
persons who scorched the premises, that the straw
had not been disturbed for .a considerable time.
That part of the evittenceWhielt related to the ball
cartridges was also falsified, nothing.of the kiwi
having been found in the house of Smaller. SVe
have introduced the `result of these important
searches in this picer, though, in the order of the
narrative, it ought to have beew introduced some-
what' inter. The Court.:flosis at` Wakefield was
surrounded by an immense assemblage of persons
during the whole of theeseminetion. About eight
o'clock the prisoners were remanded until MontleY,
to the House of Correction, fn.r flintier extunine.,
trop. were escorted bY the oltvair,e,',aeho.,..,
were dismounted the escort was attaeltedhy thr4
poiitilace with stooes, brick.hets, Am, throWnwith
state violence. The prisoners were, howvver,
safely lodged in the House of Correction.
Oft Saturday, the suceeeding day, twoltorrps of
the l3tbiegioteot tri Light Dragoons arrived. in.
,this, tatVII frog york and that day and Snulay
poised over wiihOut the %lightest indication,of in-
Stshordioat.ion, though not without. alarm ; for
about midnight on Sunday, the town was thrown
into the greatest consternation by the bugle sound-
ing for the cavalry, who remained on duty et the
,Court•bouse all night, in consequence of some
alarming reports which had-reached the Magi's-
trates, (who were also at the C'ourt•house,i of alt
intet)tion to restie the prisoners at Wakefield'. An'
express was immediately sent 'there to call out.
the Yeomanry Cavalry, who initantly assembled
and continued on.,duty all day. NU attempts
at release srere made, and • the day passed
over at IVakefield tranquillity. Wes re-
gret, however, to._ state, ti .at au sittri*