The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-02 00:00:00

GRAND DINNER AT THE MANSION-
HOUSE.-NtWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.

On Thursday last the Right ,Worshipful the Mayor
of Newcastle; ARCIIIBAD REED, Esq. gave a grand dinner
at the Mansion-House, in that. town, to the Members of
the Common Council—Lieut.-Colonel Campbell and the
Officers of the Tyne Yeomanry Hussars, and-other friends
—in all about 60 gentlemen. •After several of the usual
routine toats bad been drank, and imniediately after the
health of his Majesty's Ministers, the Mayor rose and ex
pressed himself nearly as follows :--" Mr. Sheriff (the
Vice-President) and Gentlemen--Xpon this occasion, 1

have peculiar satisfaction in rising to propose a toast which,
I am persuaded, will have your unanimous approbation,
and he drank, as it deserves, in a bumper, and with feel-

ings of enthusiasm. In political questions, Gentlemen, we
know that sometimes, the views of the greatest statesmen
conflict with the wishes and feelings of the public. It
has, perhaps, been so on a late important occasion in Par-
liament, which led to the abandonment of the Corn Bill.
But, Gentlemen, it is highly pleasing to observe, from the
candid explanation of his Grace, the Duke of Wellington,
within these few days, that that distinguished Nobleman
has shown himself most anxious to uphold and consult the
best interests of the country ; that' if he had before fallen
into a mistake, with regard to the Letter of the President
of the Board of Trade,• it was a mistake into which others
had fallen also. But as his Grace had since given his un-
qualified support to the Ministers' New Corn Bill (a mea-
sure apparently highly satisfactory to the country), it was
most manifest that his Grace's disposition was sincere and
honest in doing all he could to serve his country in Council.
How pre-eminently that illustrious individual (the Duke
of Wellington) had served his country, and the whole of
Europe, in the field, he (the Mayor) would not then tres-
pass on the company by, detailing.—(Very great ap-
plause.)—Gentlemen, under existing circumstances, I have
thought it necessary to address to you these few few words ;
because I have the greatest pleasure in informing you, that
here, in the North, we are shortly to have the happiness
of beholding one of the greatest men which this or any
other country ever produced.—(Great applause.)—ln the
first week of September, the Duke of Wellington is ex-
pected at Wynyard, the seat of the Marquis of London-
derry. And feeling as I do, and as, I am sure, all who
hear me feel, I look forward, confidently, to the support of
all my townsmen on the approaching occasion, that we
may receive the Noble Duke in a manner worthy his
exalted rank and transcendent merits. I conclude,

Gentlemen, by proposing the health of his Grace, the
Duke of Wellington, with three times three. The
toast was drunk with enthusiasm. The next toast
was Lieut-Colonel Canipbell, and the Officers of the Tyne
Hussars► Lieut.-Colonel Campbell rose, and expressed
his acknowledgements foe the honour done him and the
(Aileen of his corps. Upon the health of the Vicar of
Newcastle, and the Clergy of the town being given, the
Rev. the Vicar rose, and in neat terms, returned thanks
for the honour conferred upon him and the Clergy of New-
castle. The Rev. Gentleman concluded by proposing the
Mayor and Corporation, in a bumper. The Mayor return-
ed thanks. The next toast was, the Sheriff of Newcastle
(Alfred Hall, Esq., the Vice-President) a gentleman, as
the worthy chairman justly observed, every way deserving of
their most favoured notice, for the very liberal and hand-
some manner in which every thing connected with his
official duties was transacted.—(Applause.) The Sheriff
rose and made his acknowledgments in neat and apprOpriate
terms for the honour conferred upon him. The health of
the Town Clerk followed next, upon which that worthy
officer, (Mr. John Clayton) rose, and expressed, in his
usual felicitous manner, the sense he entertained of the
honour that had just been done him. After several other
toasts, amongst which were the Duke of Northumberland,
the Bishop of Durham, the Members for Newcastle,
&c. the Mayor gave the Liberty of the Press.—.
Mr. Mitchell, proprietor of the Tyne Mercury, rose
to return thanks, though his acknowledgments were brief,
and rather confined to a review of the liberal sentiments
which characterise the present chief magistrate of New-
castle, a gentleman who, he observed, was as kind. in his
hospitalities to his friends, .as he was ardent in his endea-
vours to advance the welfare of the town, under every
possible circumstance.—The Sheriff of Newcastle gave, as
a toast, "The Proprietors of the Sux Newspaper, a jour-
nal of great merit, and which bad latterly made unprece-
dented efforts in publishing the interesting proceedings of
Parliament, &c."—Mr. Grieveson rose, and expressed him-
self nearly as follows: " Gentlemen—Connected as I have
been, for some time, With the Proprietors of the SUN
Newspaper, whose healths have been so handsomely pro-
posed by the worthy Vice-President, I can only say, it
shall be my duty to report to these gentlemen the high com-
plinient that has just been paid them. lam sure they
will be proud of it ; not because it is personal to them-
selves, but because they will consider it as I do, the ho-
mage of an enlightened body of gentlemen towards them,
for their unparalleled endeavours in diffusing important
political intelligence with the utmost practical celerity."
—(Applause.)—At intervals several excellent songs were
sung; the " rosy wine" circulated briskly ; and, upon the
whole, it may be safely averred, there has seldom been a
more joyous evening spent at the Mansion-house in New-
castle, celebrated as 'that residence is for liberal enter-
:ainment, than upon the evening here described.