The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-23 00:00:00

TUC l'.11."1: CLUB.

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\ Vitt VC/1 ESTrit , I2.—YestOrtlay a Meeting
ta.tetal cif the AL:nibvrs 'of Pitt
Lipidoii, resident iii this contity, litul of iilihers,
was ;.c Ii at :he kVilite Hart .-Ants, in this
City, '1'!i,..‘1%1 A..IIP.TQM .I!trrit , LA, 11. p., In
!la! chait. it wit,
that as Aicociation shoot., he Inrined, ,to be de-
signated '• The Pitt cloh," anti that
there should be t (4encial Icelitigs itT the year
to he licit! this city ou the 2Stlt'-of May, and
the 2! t of October : That the Ito". Sir Henry
Rivers, li.irt. showd he the l'revident ; Thomas
Ashviun Smith, I'. the Vice-President
j the Rev. Ttni:mis ktratkitir, the Treasiner ; Geo.
lbon, 17,9, the Svcret,iry ; and the Iterv..Charte
jun. tin' Chaplain, of the Association,
tor the yeAr eustsillg. SeVerAl Other ReSOItitIOIIS
were entered into tor the purpose of giving per-
petuity to .he Institution„ at the meetings of
which the llombert, of all the other Pitt Clubs in
the, United Kingdom May attend. After these 'pre-
liminaries had been gone through, the company
diiiedin the large rootti,ltlr. sii.it the Chair.
The usual loyal and appropriate toasts were given,
and after several excellent glees and sougs, the
party reti'red ah4iiit 4).Cinett; highly gratified that
the Association shotild have been formed under
an,pices so likely to, givelt permanency and eltect.
T. A. Smith, • fi;xll. M. 13. the Itev. Sir Henry
River*, itait. the Hee. Dr. limit:, and G. LOvell,
Esq. were the Steiviods on this occasion ; and
HlMlllgst flee party Were likewise--
The,Ray.' Sir CliNrio; Rich, Hrt. \rat. Greenwood, Esq.
t. Whiiit, Esti win. Neville, the fiee...E.Feerars, the
!Zee. W. Evitua, formerly of Odlege, Cambridge;
Mr. Atelie.iiit, the Rec. C. Richards Jon. Mr, Limier, the
Iter. T. Witt hint, Mr. 1101114, the C. Vaughan, the
!ter. 'I% Westconi4i, &c.
DUELLING lIOAX.

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parts! of Gentlemen having lately met toge-
ther its tite oeighboto hood of Edinburgh, over a
flowing bowl, hecoming a little inebriated from
the otters repeatd bitimpers that were drank to
the healths of our gallant countrymen who so
nobly bled and fought at Waterloo and Algiers,
art iudieidual'in company considered his honour
openly attacked by another of the party, anti re.
ference was immediately made to the company.
Nothing less, however, than Cartcr a-la-mode
waidd satisfy- the offended Gentleman, who in-
sisted upon his antagonist immediately setting. to':
hut this way of deciding an honottrahlr affair did
not suit the person in question, svho, like Oliver,
was the lightest man ; and who, to the utter :41.to-
tiishment of the party, immediately produced a
brace of pistols, requesting the Gentleman to at!!
, eept of one, and. decide the matter in an tumour-
obte way. Matters being arranged, and the par-
ties ready to rake the held, it was agreed that the
,secohds should load the pistols, who, having
agreed to load them with blank shot, took care
to provide themselves each with an egg;
the combatants were to fire together by signal, it
Wins agreed that, on the report of the pistols, the
seconds should Send home the round shot along
with the men of honour's grape, which told so
arm.,,,d!y, that both lay stinutt Ott the giound,
roaring for sure,icul ussil.tarite. -Being moonlight,
the trick was played tuft' with great effect ; raelt of
the sieonds rush to the astiistattre of his friend ;
oire lay with a desperate wound in his right breast,,
the blood rind gore trickling dOwn, Wide the
other teerived 113'3 antagonist's shot on the ii.ft
side of the head, and artually believed tie half of
his head was gone. It was an agreeable surprise
to the 'parties, when they recovered ftom the
vomiting effects of the tern bleu shot, to find that
they were sale and wt,dl ; and they were, of course,
eery lunch pleased with the waggish trick their
friends had played on them --(Sculeh Paper.)