The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-13 00:00:00

DINNER GIVEN TO THE MARQUIS OF

AN GLESEA..

the Marquis of Anglesea, Master-General of the Ord-
nance, and Colonel of tae Royal Regiment of Artillery,
:lined, cr. Monday, with the Officers of that Corps, quar-
tered at Woolwich, at their Mess-room. His Lordship
was accompanied 5y the Duke of Richmond, Lord Ux-
bridge, Major-General Sir Hussey Viviaa, the Honourable
General Phipps, and other distinguished Officers, to whom
invitations had likewise been sent. A sumptuous repast
was provided, and after dinner the following toasts were
given from the Chair, and drunk with great enthusiasm
" The King."—" The Duke of Clarence and the Royal
Family."—" The Navy and Army."
The President (Major-General FrsnErt) then rose, and
after a short and concise speech, gave " The health of the
Marquis of Anglesea, Mister-General of the Ordnaneei
with three times three," :I toast which was drunk with
enthusiastic applause.
The Noble Maaclurs, or. returning thanks, spoke nearly
as follows :—General (addr ssing himself to the President)
—Officers of Artillery—E::gineers and Gentlemen of the
ether Departments of the O. dnance—l rise with a consci.
oneness of difficulty, in endea,ouring to express the extent
of my obligation at the manner in which you have done
me the honour to drink my health. The gracious favour
of his Majesty has selected me to fill the office of Matta -
General, a post the most enviable, or, if not the most se,
viable, as much so, as the utmost ambition of a soldier can
Aspire to. The renown whirls the British Artillery has
I so nobly acquired throughout Europe, I may any through-
out the worm'-.-its skill—its science—its gall mtryaits
order--its discipline--have been quoted—have been talked
of—have been the theme and the admiration of every Army
and every Court in Europe. I see around me many gallant
friends, with whom it was my good fortune to sent in My'
early military career. I well remember what confidence I
when on the rears_' . I heard the trundling of the cannon
wheels. I then served in the infantry—the basis of every
army—the most perfect of all, because it is in itself capable
of defence. How anue7i, then, must these impressions ha\ o.
been increased fterwards serving in the cavalry,
I became more conve;.ant with the value of artillery.
The cavalry is, of itself a feeble arm—comparatively a
feeble arm—but with its natural ally, the artillery, it is
capable of any achievement. If, Gentlemen, these, my
early recollections, thus bias me so forcibly in favour of ar-
tillery, what must be any feelings now that I am so inti-
mately connected with your service, that lam placed at
its head, that I am bec,•rue your chief? Gentlemen, these
are not words of course ; they are cot got up for the oc-
casion ; they are not brought out for the day. lam sin-
cere in saying that I derive the utmost possible gratifica-
tion from being associated with you—from being placed at
your head, and I appeal to many gallant friends around me,
whose acquaintance I have long enjoyed, whether these are
not my habitual feelings, whether they have not often and
long since heard me express these sentiments. Generals,
Officers of Artillery, and Engineers, I beg you to accept my-
best thanks for the honour you have this day done me. I
have the honour to drink your very good health.

After the applause had subsided, le .77.irquia again roLef
and having requested. permission to give a toast, said,
Gentlemen, I am Alowed to give a toast, and that which

I am about to ploposc, must, I am confident, be ieceired
with enthusiasm by any society—much m.re by a society
of soldiers. I give you, Gentlemen, the ll.alth of tint
Great Man whom I bare the honour to succeed. I feel my
olrn inadequacy, and the difficulty in which I am
I have, however, the satisfaction to think, that my task

will be comparatively easy, when I c' nte.mpl4te the per-
fect order and regularity which prevail throughout every
branch of th department, a perfection which could only
have proceeded from his master hand.
The health of the " Duke of Wellington" was then drank

with rapturous and universal applause.
The Noble Marquis, on rising to retire about half-past
ten o'clock, after cond.l—ndingly expressing his sense of tho
honours that day confi•rred on him, said, tbat he Lad still
one favour to request, that he might be enrolled a: a 3r-mber
of the Mess.

A burst of general approbation followed, and on his leav-
ing the Mess-room, the health of the new member, the
" Most Noble the Marqnis of Anglesea," was drank with
three times three, most enthusiastizally.
We have omitted to state, that the toasts were followed
by appropriate airs, both vocal and instrumental, rerformect
by the band of the regiment.