The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-05 00:00:00

LOYAL LIVEUY DINNER.

Ve fst)er of the Lnval and litdrpPlid-
till Livery ',4.4 was celv.btated at th.- I.4•itt•
Vlll,e'rit, Ilishop,gate-street. he Chair 'vas.
t.ilint al a gnar'er htfore six by ilonkET ‘VIL-
r iAbts 1::,1 the Member for I)otchr•te.r, who was
',intuited Ii Sir IV, Curti. awl ...Air IVatkin :.roves
his right, awl Alderman A. hilts, Sir C. S.
iltii.;er, And Ald.erntan Uitch, on his left. Ise-
t %vett' three tour hundred of the I,ieery ut
Llndon 'down to dinner at once itliniations
and :dPf-tldAht,

Ai-ttt hinter Non

nobis domine wai ,►►:i by

.11...ssts Lvete, I'yhe,-136)4:Ilitfrst, Hint EViini,
ih the course of the uvening entertained the row,
piny with a va:it-ty of songs ancl glees, tYhich
‘,cre finely extrute...l,:ttncl ‘vhielt yeeeivcd the uu-

•
ol)1,1:41)se of the rot Col.
•‘ The I:iag" was eiven iu gilence; hnt at the close of
" Gt;rl save the ICiug tund ;toil tot)„ euattriucd acciaiipt-
tin:is were heard on e.:.ry side, ,vliich were renewed when the
" Prince iteg.lit" and " The Cltiveli and the other branches
of the Royal Faintly" were propoied with throt.
" The Ilritish Cous;nnti •ii, and may ii l ist for

" The Navy and Army," ;rid " The two HonseS of Parlia-:
went, and nuiv the next Representatives of the People dis-
charge their ditty ;I', faithfully as the present have done,"
were successit cly dranh with great applause.
The G!ce of " tie King and the Church," with the addi-
tional verses written for the Pitt Club, was sung, and reoeat-
wdly ittertUptcd by the enthusiastic plaudits of the rooui.-
11'flen these had subsided, _

Tile Cu AIRMAN seized this moment, after thank-
ing the Gentlemen who had sung the last glee for
cxections, to propose, as a toast, ". Peace
aud pro,pcsily to al the founded on reli-
Finn and
The Briti,kFair Lr " and " The of the ord Mayne
.0-eie the toasts which succeeded. When these had been ho-
llowed,
The CHAIRMAN hi gged to propose as a toast, the
health of three vs ,honourable and independent
J4ll as the City of Loudon could produce, Sir W.
Viirtis, Sir James Shaw, and Mr. Alderman At-
kins.—The toast wa.s drank with great applause.
Sir %V. CVRTIS, in rising to express his grati-
tude for the lionotir he bad just received, laboured
,under considerable difficulty while addressing so
-nunterons, so respectable, and so loyal all itsSein••
Ilky. `When lie said this, he did not mean to in-
sintiate that it was at all uncommon to meet with
-.kyalty in the City of London. During 28 years
tinr-t he had had the honour to represent the City
in radiomen!, he had ever loom] the :o.csit body

of the Citizens loyal, and such he was sati:fied
woold ever ten►ain. No day could be more ,
Q►perly selected than that on which they were ,
met for the purpOse Which had called them toge-
ther. He was most proud to meet such an as-
sembly, and to have had his- health proposed in
it, and received as it had. been. He:lamented the
absence of his respected colleague, Sir James
Shaw, and had felt much pain, as he was sure
every one who heard him bad done, from perus-
ing his advertisement of yesterday. 'l'l►e Meeting
been pleased to drink to the two Houses of
"Parliametit, and doing this, had expressed a hope
tl►at all future RepmettladVeS of the
serVe them as faithfully as the present had
done. He had been in the last six Parliaments,
and could truly say, that every House of Com-
mons he had known had been true to itself—true
to the, Constitution, and true to the interests ►►f
the Pe.rl4e. Perfection was nut to be looked for
itt atiy•'hutnau institution, but be thought as little
i4elp.er-fcction was to he found in that .►ssemtcly
in laity other that could he named. He had been
4.4n...4i0tis to defend the liberty of the subject, but
.at the same time cat eful to guard against that
liberty degenerating into licentiousness, and be
~had ever laboored to maintain that it.ible equi-
which diStinguished our Coustitutiou, and
• which King, Lords, and Commons should
equally share. in conclusion, be stated it to be
his determination to- adhere to those principles
which had first recommended him to their notice.
He should he proud of being again chosen t heir
Representative•; and he hoped at the ensuing
Election their choice of Representatives would at
once do honour to themselves and to those who
were favoured with' their countenance. •

• Nlr. Aldernnin Artuss expressed his gratitmle
fen- the honour he had received. lie had ever
been anxious to attend to the interests of his con, ii
stitnents ; and now the time came. w heti ite must
again .resign.the charge into their :Lands .; could
conscientiously declare to them, and to his filaker,
'that on every occasion he had endeavoured h 0...
nestly .to discharge his -duty. .His conduct was
before them, and to the principles on which he
had hiiherto acted he should steadily adhere.—.
These, he was convinced, w,re essential to ti,e:
best interests of the ronwry, and he thought it
probable, twat ultintatele their biethien who had.
been opposed to, them would: take the same view
of them, and:say, '' To your filinness—to your
standing up against the paltry delusions which de-
signing men had sent abroad, we owe the SHIVA-.
tioll of the Coristitutiun and of the l;ountry.''
then more minutely described the course which he
bad tato in Parliament, and finished by repeat-
ing his determination to persevere in the. satne.
line of conduct, and by expressing his gratitude.
for the 'lotion' -he had received, in return tor.
svhich he begged to drink to the health of all pre•
sent, atoll to that of their families and friends.. .
The health of the. Chairman having been drank
with tiller tinter truer',
Mr. ‘VILLIAMS returned thanks ;. expressed rt
shoot; sense of his tiii,fi;ao•ss to preside use; such
an assembly, and wish,vd., hose he had the honour
to Euhlress, health, long life, and all imaginable

y.
" The Magitrates of the City," was the next toast.
Mt. C. S. HUNTER returned thanks in the
name of the Nla.gistrates.

r SIMPSON enlogise►l the Parliamentary con-
duct of Sir %V. Curtis and Sir J. Shan•. He spoke
Ht roosidetable Icogiti on the :twits of the latter
(ientletmma►t, and filially prol►osed as n toast, that.
they .lioold drink' to his health and happiness iu
retirelltent.

Mr, S. Dixota seconded the motion. lie hAd
known Sir James Shaw from the time of hi, first
becoming public man, tine knew his conduct to
be such as entitled him to the praise he had re.
cutird, and he was stow it would he gratifying to
the 1-10Ootittibic 14,11'0110 to 611(1 that his past ser-
vices had oot• been forgotten. lie would venture
to any, that it one Meipb.er had been inure easy'of
ucccas (141 another, It was Sir )015s

\Viten waited arrvt hy any irtliviJitil on 11ns;nr.ot,
he had been tr.eit.ttotnett to tirr!y.
\volt a degree ot patience if) Wlliell it," Melt
were equal. It there wa,t one Member that hild
been more eoistaittiv found at his post in the
'loose of Commons titan another, it w Sir
J. Su,w. Ile ti 30,100 it for Huy :win
of common feelino, to deny th it the I.lottottrAble
R.ttoiti t eionlocted itimselt properly. For
h;:1)•• If Ir.! thought 110)1 v. 00a n►an. lot,l dtpie oil
he 0,1,41)1 lo do Olt the Suspension of the
11 tne .s Collin; Act, he had ditlerril front the mill-
And he .had differed ft out him; hat lie
(\lr. Dixon) cohld not 6,1 allow that he lord
Hone so on miotiVes Wi)kh were not to be ar-
raig,:ed. In the retirement which imperious ne-
'2emiity now ifl posed, lie hoped lie would enjoy
tl(Ht iittopitiesi which he . deserved, and which
those who l:itew his c,oidtict had been in
three Ktrilitillrlll3 -wooldtinite to wish might tall
to his lot •

wtis then driylk with lnit(l,tipplliise.
The '' Health kit the Stewards" was the nest toast.

Mr. ArcArcriEsoN returned thanks, apt' expressed
a hope that the lime of election was not so near
as to mike it likely that they would go to the poll
in the situation in which they toinul themselves
at preien,. lie trussed some Candidate would
start whose abilities, whose integrity, and whose
commanding influence in the City would entitle
him to their support, that the loyal Livery might
stili have three Representatives in the House of
Commons.

Mr. S. Dlx.nsi exhorted the Livery not to be.
intimidottell by the noise and clamour (It a COIII.-
111011 Hall, and induced to forego their own im-
portance, Shout a good tilld respectable cha-
racter otLl- binist If so their notice, he was confi-
dent, if they pot their shoulders• fairly to the
%%heel, it syould be in their power to bring him
into the House of COMMOnS.

The CHAIRMAN 1)0W retired, accompanied by
Mr. Alderman Atkins, Sir W. Curtis, and several
other gentlemen, amidst the plaudits of the as-
sembly. Mr. Alderman BIRCH W2ll then called to
the Chair, and the hilarity of the .day Was kept
op for some time longer with unabated. spirit .
The company broke tip at about eleven.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BI•:NCII, JUN I: 4.

SLANDER UPON THE BAR.

Rot.LFSON AND OTHERS V. BRUCR.

In last Term Mr. SCARLETT moved for a rule I
to chew cause why this defendant should not be
discharged out of the custody of the Marshal upon
firing common bail, on the ground that the action
in which he had been taken in execution had been
compromised by the plaintiff's attorney, and the
debt consequently discharged. It appeared that
the defendant had been jointly liable to the plain-
tiffs with two other persons, now become bank-
rupts, in the sutu 0f,3,300/. one of the latter hay-
;o: ,0001. before he became bankrupt, in
past discharge (+f at debt. Au execution had beets
levied on the defendant's goods and chattels,which
yielded.wbout:2fiol,, upon which the plaiotitr, paid
the Sheriff's poundage... On a former day in this
Term cause was *hewn by :11r. Topping and Mr.
Litt ledale against the above- went lotted rule
upon the affidavits of one of the plaintiffs and
his solicitor, both of whom positively s,vore that
the action was tint compromised, acid that the de-
fendant was 'still indebted to the plautiffs its the
sum of 2,3001. The defendant was then heard in
person, but the Court thought the application
was fully answered on the tout of the plaintiffs,
and discharged the Rule; the defendant, how-
ever, suggested then, but riot upon affidavit, that.
EXtthr.la 11U • NI! S told been deposited fur the whole
amount of tili,e•tplaintiffs' debt, which they might
have applied tiaa payment of their demand, with- ,
out taking ita es.ecatioth As the truth of this
fact, however, was nut vouched upon oath, the
Court would not attend to his gratuitsma State-
ment, and therefore remanded him
..to his former
custody. , On the sitting. of the Court this
mornintf,,
Lord ELLENl39ivtlUll intimated that the Court
had received an application froth the defendant to I
be .permi•ted to file an affidavit, verifying tilt
above-mentioned fact, which, if trite, his LOrd-
ship said, might possibly he favourable to hint in
obtaining his discharge, and therefore it any Gen-
deism). of the Bar would inos.e on behalf of
Scarre.tt (who was formerly consulted by the de-
feitdant, .but was now ahseot hams Court) to
have the case reconsidered, it might be so, by
Counsel, and n.ot by the defetidant himself; who,
in one of li;a affidavits; had 'tonight privet. to cast
a slander upon the Bar, by stating that there was
a combination against him antougst all the Gen-
Hemel) 'Orthe Long Robe, and that he could get
no person.. to mOve ott his behalf. • llis Lordship
was quite sure that there teal nu fotoolstion for
this extraordinary stlggtvioti andif the defend
ahtwisited to have his case properly discussed, he
toms( sobtok to htive the point discussed by Coun-
sel. It was to be nnderstood, linweier, that the
Court would trot call upon the plaintiffs to answer
..the matters of the defentint't iffidavit'.
Mr. CLAI;KE accordingly signed a motion paper
for Mt. Scarlett, and the dele'ndant wag ordered
to be brought op again on a future day.