The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-11 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S LEVEE.

His Grace held a Levee yesterday, as Corn-
mander-in-Chief, at his Office in the,Rorse Guards. A
great concourse of persons assembled to witness the arrival
of the illustrious Hero, which took place in the plainest
Enamor possible. His Grace, as usual, was well received
by the crowd.

About fifty General and other Officers attended (all out
of uniform) among whom were,—Lieutenant-Generals Sir
Henry Campbell, K.C.B. and G. C.II. ; Clay, Molyneux,
,
Raymond, F. Baron Rotteuburg, K.C. H. ; Major-Generals
St. George, Hawker, Warren, and Commissary-General
Turquanil:
A, circkunstance ,which excited some laughter in the
crowd, occurred to bis Grace on his way to the Horse
Guards; his groom,. it appears had fallen off from behind
the cabriolet, and was •not missed until the Duke had
reached his destination. His Grace went in Fteareli of his
servant, whom he found in the Park,
his master. hastening to overtake

TIEREFORDSHIRE PITT CLUB.

On Tuesday-last this Society held its tenth anni-
versary. meeting at the City Arms Hotel, in Here-
ford, 'hich was most numerously and respectably
attended. The toasts given from the chair, filled by
Major Evans, were " The King," air, " God save
the King; " The Royal Family ;" " The Duke of
Claret-ice and the Navy," air, " Rule Britannia ;"
" The Duke of Wellington and the Army," air,
" See the conquering hero comes ;" " The immortal
memory of George the Third," ill silence ; " The
Lord Lieutenant of the county." The Chairman
then rose and said,
Gentlemen,—ln rising to propose the toast
which has given to this club its title and existence,
I cannot but be sensible how impossible it is for me
to add any thing to that which has been so well and
so ably said at our former meetings by my prede-
cessors in this chair. Gentlemen, it were no slight
or common distinction, as well as testimony of our
enthusiasm in the cause which has brought us to-
gether, if I were to abstain from alluding to the well
known events of his public life, and content myself
simply with pronouncing the name of Pitt, and then
leave to your minds the grateful associations which
accompany it. Such certainly would be a safe, and
for me the most prudent course; but I cannot resist
the impulse afforded by this opportunity of avowing
my humble and ardent. admiration of the political
career of this highly gifted man. I must beg of you
to unite with me in drinking, in-solemn silence,
To the immortal memory of the late Right Hon.
William Pitt.' "—Song, "The Pilot that weathered
the Storm."
" The Constitution which protects the People,
and the People who protect the Constitution."—
" May the principles of Mr. Pitt always animate the
Councils of Great Britain." " The House of
Brunswick, and may they never forget_ the prin-
ciples which placed them on the throne of these
realms."—". The hetiell of the President" was then
gives by Sir J. Cotterell, Bart.
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said, " Gentlemen,
in the list of toasts with which, as Chairman, I have
been favoured, I recognise one of very peculiar inte-
rest, that of The Protestant Ascendancy.' It is a
matter of deep regret with me, and many there are,
I am certain, who participate in the feeling, that any
thing so good should have produced a difference of
sentiment in this society, and hal to the secession of
any of its distinguished and honourable members.—
Gentlemen, I utterly disclaim giving the toast either
as a watchword of party, or pledge of opinions, but
merely in the true substantial meaning of the words,
which, in my humble and conscientious interpreta-
tion of them, amounts solely to this—that the Pro-
testant religion may ever be the ascendant, the na-
tional religion ef this country. I beg leave, there-
fore, to propose " The Protestant Ascendancy.' "
The next toast was, " Sir J. Cotterell, and the
House of Garnons." . .
Sir JOHN briefly returned thanks; and, in cone
elusion, the worthy Baronet said, that to be in Pare
liament was no object to him, but-to represent his
native comity was an honour whichihe would con-
cede to no man living.
Sir EDWYN STANHOPE requested -leave to give a
toast, and spoke as follows :—" Gentlemen, I have
the permission of our worthy and excellent Presi-
dent to propose a toast, and that I am about to offer
is one which will, I am sure, be drank with no less
sincerity than enthusiasm ; it is the health of Sir
Hungerford Hoskyns, the father and founder of the
Herefordshire Pitt Club, a gentleman who has a
double claim to your attention; as founder of this
club he is justly entitled to the thanks of its mem-
bers, and whilst it affiards us the opportunity of pub-
licly avowing those principles which we so much
admire, it assures us (if indeed assurance were ne-
cessary) that his own political principles are those
which his firm and constant attachment to our Con-
stitution in Church and State always led us to believe
were the same as those of that immortal roan in
whose name we are incorporated. The presence of
my much-esteemed relative prevents my expressing
my feelings to their full extent; I shall therefore
conclude by proposing the health of Sir Hungerford
Hoskyns, the father and founder of the Herefordshire
Pitt Club.
Sir HUNGERFORD HOSKYNS feelingly acknow-
ledged the kind manner in which his health was pro-
posed and drank, and begged to give " Mr. Blake-
more," whom he hoped ,speedily to see filling his
proper place in the Great Council of the nation.
Mr. BLAKEMORE, in returning thanks, observed,
in reply to those who ask why we continue to meet,
I say that we continue to do so to keep fresh in our
minds, and to show to the rising generation, how
great a debt of gratitude this kingdom owes to Mr.
Pitt, and for which we at least cannot be sufficiently
thankful ; we congregate together to give effect to
and promulgate his principles as much as in us lies,
and to bold up our beloved England as an example
to other nations in the career which she has so glo-
riously run : we have, then, a far superior object in
view than merely to assemble and pay compliments
to each other. The times call loudly on us to resist
innovations—atheism and deism abound ! and the
wholesome restraints of that holy religion established
by our ancestors are laughed at and derided! From
the present state of the government of the country,
when men of diametrically opposite principles have
joined themselves together, I say that those who hold
our opinions are Justified in keeping up associations j
to watch their public acts.
The next toast given was " Sir Edwyn Stanhope."
Sir EDWYN rose, and thus addressed the meet-
ing :—" Mr. President and Gentlemen, when first I
had the honour of being enrolled a member of this
society, I then avowed my. admiration of the cha-
racter of Mr. Pitt, the veneration in which I held
his principles, and my determination to adhere to
and support those principles by every means in my
power; I did so from the firm conviction that they
are the only principles which can give a permanent
security to our Constitution both in Church and
State. I still maintain the same opinion, and look
forward with the hope, that the day is not far dis-
tant when the principles of Mr. Pitt may [vie
animate the councils of Great Britain.' Since last
we met, circumstances have arisen, and political
changes have taken place, which I think impera-
tively call upon every loyal man to be at his post;
within that short period we have seen those men
under whose administration this country attained her
highest glory----men who both merited and possess-
ed the confidence of their King, and the esteem of
their country-.---withdraw from the councils of -the
nation. They have, however, retired with dig-
nity, rich in conscious rectitude, rich in talents,
rich in character, rich in the confidence of their
country, and rich in every quality which can.and
adorn
men and Statesmen ; they have by their upright
honourable conduct secured to themselves, and will
carry with them to their grave; the esteem, respect,
and gratitude of every gocid man. Advocating, as
we do, the principles of Mr.Pitt,Und believing them
to be, from their soundness, the principles upon
which this country ought to be governed, we have a
right to inquire how far the administration which go-
verns the country acts upon those principles; and,
good Heavens! suelfan Administration as we have
now got--Whigs and Tories, Catholics and anti-
Catholics, advocates of reform when out of power,
opposers of reform when in power, men of different
principles and sentiments, disagreeing upon
questions
of vital importance to the state, and men, in a word,
who now lay the foundation of their power upon the
prostration of the Church establishment ! Is this,
gentlemen, such an administration as Mr. Pitt would
have acted with ? -Would Mr. Pitt have accepted
office upon condition that such men would have been
his colleagues ? Most assuredly he would not ; nor
do I think that England can prosper under an ad-,
ministration constituted as the present is ; and there-
fore, as long as there are men in that administration
now supporting a system of government which they
have been- all their lives opposing—as long us there
are men in that administration who would by their
wide-wasting liberality endanger every sacred insti-
tution of our country, I repeat, that every man is
imperatively called upon to be at his post, and to take

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care that they touch not ttot sacred ark of our con-
stitution which contains at once the gospel of our
faith, and the charter of our freedom. I desire fur-
ther to congratulate this club that it is increasing se
rapidly in numbers and respectability. We have by
ballot this day added nine new members to the so-
ciety; I have had the honour myself of nomi-
nating four. Before I sit down 1 shall, by per-
mission of the President, propose the health of the
new members, with three times three.
The following were then given from the chair :
" The Lord Bishop and Clergy of the Dio."
" The late Mayor of Hereford." William Pulling,
Esq., returned thanks--" The Vice-President elect,
William Cockburn, Esq." " Abraham Whittaker,
Esq." The Rev. Love Robertson." The Rev.
Arthur Matthews."

The Rev.. A. MATTLIEws rose to return thanks,
and was delivered of a long speech, in the course of
which he misquoted a line of Lucan, and appealed
to Minerva and Lord Bacon for proofs of Mr. Pitt's
abilities.
The CHAIRMAN gave "Prosperity and perpetuity
to the Herefordshire Pitt Club ;" anti which the
meeting separated.
The new members were—the Rev. John Cluttoo,
jun., Kinnersley ; the Rev. Thomas Underwood,
Wellington ; the Rev. J. Rowland, Home Lacy ;
the Rev. John Underwood, Legwardine; Wm.
Bridgemau, Esq., Frogmore Cottage, Ross; J. C.
Brydges, Esq., Stilton; Thomas Clutton, Esq.,
New College, Oxford; Robert Coke, Esq., Lower
Moor; Lieut. C. Price, R. N., Hereford; and Mr.
H. L. Bamford, Hereford.