The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-06 00:00:00

THE C'O.VCI 1,14170 N DINNER, D ÜBLLY.

August 1.
The Meeting at the exchange, at which the dinner
was determined on, was held on Monday afternoon. The
first notice of it was given in the Morning Papers of
Tuesday, and the dinner was fixed for the day follow-
ing (Wednesday.) Notwithstanding the shortness of
the notice thus given, above three hundred and thirty
Gentlemen dined together on this festive and interest-
ing occasion. The price of each ticket was fixed at
two guineas. The company assembled, was certainly
the elite of the Citizens of Dublin. Besides the Lord
Mayor, who filled the Chair, and Lord Fingal, who
sagas Vice-President, there were present Sir Benjamin
Bloomfield, the So'icitor General. Mr. Gregory, the
two City Members, Sir Robert Shaw and Nit'. Ellis,
Mr. Talbot. the County Member ; Mr. James Grattan,
AL P.; Lerds Itossmure and Monck ; Sir Frederick
Flood, Bart. ; the Surgeon-General ; Colonel Cuffe ;
several of the Aldertneo ; the Sheriffs; many of the
volt teepertahle Protestant Merchants of Dublin, and
nearly the whole of the Catholic Merchants. There
wets a great number of Barristers. On looking around
us we could scarcely estimate the respective ausibers
of our Catholic and Protestant fellow-citizens who
present ; the Catholics however, as far as we could,
judgts predominated.
We never witnessed mere cordial unanimity, Mlle el,
factual and unrestrained warmth ; to those who feared
lest the harmony of the Meeting should be disturbed by
any Intrusion of a bad spirit, to have been there was
sufficient to chew the impossibility of such a thing hap-
pening.
Nothing could equal the enthusiasm with which every
mention of our gracious Sovereign was received through-
out the evening. lie was emphatically called the
King of Ireland," and every allusion to his expected
visit was hailed by acclamation.
It was no small addition to the delightful effect of the
scene,to hear the multitudes who had assembled mak
side the house, as if they had caught the spirit which
reigned within, cheering and humming. as every pa-
triotic toast was announced from the chair, or when any
faros eite tune was played by the Band stationed in the
Gallery.
At seven o'clock, the Right Honourable the Lord
Mayor took the Chair ; the Earl of Fingal acted as Vice-

President.
On the cloth being removed, the Lord Mayor rose to
propose a toast. His Lordship said, that laying aside
all past prejudices, they had met in unanimity for the
purpose of celebrating the Coronation of his Majesty.
His Lordship hoped that the Gentlemen' around him
would believe him sincere when he declared, that from the
bottom of his heart he hoped that that unanimity should
continue. He Vested this day would not an! by twelve
o'clock. It wag a proud day for Ireland. It was a day
that brought Irishmen of all classes together, and as
such, it shook' live for ever in the recollection of Irish-
men. We arc about to enter, said his Lordship, on a
new use. when oar most gracious Sovereign has ex-
pressed his intention of visiting his Irish subjects, who
have ever been foremost in their exertions to support his
alienueopd wliso will now throng to Meet him on their
shores, with all the characteristic entlinsiams of a grate-
ful and a delighted people. His Lordship then gave
"The King," which was drank with three times three,
the company standing.
Tune—" God save the King."
The loudest plaudits followed this toast.
Memory of George 111. our ever revered Sovereign,—
(Standing in solemn silence.)
Duke of `f ork and the :trmy—" His March."
Disked Clarence and the Navy—" Rule Britannia."
Poke of Cumberland.
Duke of !Sussex.
• fluke of Cambridge, and the rest of the Royal Family,
Slur Gracious Sovereign, George IV. and the 19th
Jitic.l9l2l.—(Four times four.)—" Patrick's Day." Loud
asstf lonic continued applauses.
The Lord Lieutenant, and Prosperity to Ireland.—
(Three times three.)—Applause. " Garry Owen."
The Lord Chancellor and the Irish Bench.
The Commander of the Forces, and the Army serving
in Ireland. "Grenadier's March."
The lilorious First of August, 1714, the ascension of
the Illustrious house of Brunswick to the Throne of
these Realms.
By the Vice-President.
The Lord Mayor and the City of Dubiin.—(Threi
times three)—"Sprig of Shillelagh."
The Loan MAYOR returned thanks, emphatically
declaring that this was the happiest day of his life.—
This declaration of his Lordship was received with en-
tionsiastic applauses. His Lordship then paid a baud- I
some compliment to the Earl of Fingal, and proposed
Isis Lordship's health.
Tie Karl of FINGAL felt much indebted to the Lord
Mayor, fur the opportunity which he had thus given
him, of expressing his perfect concurrence in the
general unanimity which prevailed that evening.—
(Applause.)
Mr. Secretary Grant.—(Applause and cheering.)—
" Scot's wha has."
Sir Benj. Bloombeld.—"Welcome here spin."
Sir BENJ.' aliN litmostrtimo rose to return thanks.
lie trusted that his Majesty, on his intended visit to
this country, would he the harMager of bright days.
The Irish heart' that beat in his (Sir Benjamin's)
bosom felt proud, in feeling that it would be so;
47 (Sir Benjamin) had come het a short time before
hie Sovereign, and it should be recollected, that the
Crown was no sooner seated on our Monarch's brow,
thus that Nomads projected his auspicious journey
to those realms.—(Loud cheering.)
The Duke of L,einster, and resident Nobility of Ire-
land.
This tout leaving been drank, Lord Rossmore
rose. His Lordship hailed that as a happy day,
it having brought all classes of his Countrymen to-
gether. Lord blond; also returned thanks, and said,
that be felt proud to say, that he was a resident Irish-
man,
The Dnke of Wellington, and the Field of Waterloo.
—" The Conquering Ilero."
The City It epreseatatiyes.
Sir Robert SHAW returned thanks; Sir Robert said,
that be never felt so much gratified as in having rewir-
ed such a compliment, emanating, as it did, from such a
highly respectable and numerous Meeting; he hoped
that day would cotnmeace a new and happy era for the

country.
Mr. Et.tas thee nee and saki. dent is return his sim-
ple and unernesseseed Aube wadi be at any time as
easy matter; bet he assured the illiesdni, that be serer
addressed Ids enastiesease with mere delight than be ex-
perienced on ihe presealsionlen I be knew not whether

he should more deplore the past, or indulge in a series
of delightful anticipations of the future.—(Hear, hear,
and loud applause.)—He candidly avowed that lie had
entertained doubts of the expediency of the present i
Meeting, for be could not have anticipated the precocity
of kindness which actuated it. From his phlegmatic
constitution he coati not have thought that the preju-
dices of ages would be forgotten in an hour—he could
not have thought so, hut he was in error, and he avow-
ed it. We should hare an nnited people to offer the sa-
crifices of our feuds on the altar of concord ; let us not
offer to our Sovereign the vulgar sacrifices of our Hefts
but one infinitely wore difficult to attain, the sacrifice
of our prejudices—(lear, hear, hear).—When lie heard
the feelings and the sentiments of this 3!,,eting more
than echoed by shouts without, he could not but in-
dulge in the charming prospect that was before them.
They had all something to lament, and something to
forget. To many present he (Mr. Ellis) was unknown,
and to many he was misrepresented—he hoped misre-
presented because unknown. There were sentiments at-
tributed to him, which he would not attribute to the
humblest individual, whose cheering plaudits they hail
heard from without. My fervent prayer is, that our
unanimity may he eternal, descending to our children's
children ; and I now drink, in this sparkling glass, a
Lithe to our dissensions.—(Loud cheering for several
minutes.)
The Representatives of the, County of Dublin.
Colonel Talbot returned thanks.
The Provost and the Univereity.
The Right Hon. W. C. Plunkett, Representative of
the University.
Mr. Peter Burrows returned thanks on the part of
Mr. Plunkett, whom be eulogised ; be said that this
was a noble surrender of prejudices on the .'tltar of
Concord.
Mr. Gregory.
Mr. Geeiloar returned thanks.—He was totally un-
prepared for the honour done him; if arty conduct of
his had merited such a compliment, he had met with
his reward; he assured the Meeting that it should serve
as a stimulus to him in the continued performance of
his public duties in that manner which had gained such
distinguished approbation. (Mr. Gregory sat at the
foot of the table. by the side of Lord Fiugal—he was
warmly applauded.)
Lord Ingestrie and the Noble House of Talbot.
The Governor of the Bank and the trade of Ireland.
Mr. tit:matins returned thanks.—lle said that if the ;
Bank had stood the deck, she had but done her duty in .1
enabling the vessel to meet the storm ; our Sovereign
on his approach shall be greeted with one universal
shout of unanimity and concord, and the winds that
waft him to our shores shall catch a sympathetic chord
in the harp of Ireland. The mists of prejudice began
to clear away, Irishmen awoke, and recollected that
they were brothers; they had but one common cause,
and Ireland expected that every man would ilo his duty.
The memory of our late Representative, the Right
Hon. Henry drachm.
JAIIIES (*RATTAN, Esq. M. P. re turned thank•, for
this mark of respect paid to the memory of his revered

parent.
The Attorney-General and the Irish Bar.
The Solicitor-General.
The SOLICITOR-UENZRAL returned thanks. Ile
thought the harmony of the present meeting should
not be interrupted by the presumptions gratitude of so
humble an individual as himself. Ile lisped that our
concord would be everlasting. His Majesty was the
first Monarch that ever visited 'viand. for ttiaa.umere
purpose of gratifying his Mat subjects ; 'he looked
upon it as an event the most suspicious, and likely to
heal for ever, the divisions which had too long agitated
the country.—(Applause )
Sir BENJ.% BLOOMFIELD here propwed the health
of the Stewards, which bring drank,
Mr. O'CONNELL, in an eloquent speech, returned
thanks, of which we regret our inability to give even
a faint outline. Mr. O'Connell said, that he n•as sin-
cerely sorry there nag no voice but his, to reply, in
fitting language, to the distinguished stranger who
proposed the toast. His (Mr. O'Connell's) heart had
its rich reward that day, in the attainment of unani-
mity amongst all classes of Irishmen. His Majesty
has committed his health to the care of an Irishman—
many of his select friends are Irishmen. It was said
of St. Patrick, that he had the power to banish veno-
mous reptiles from this Isle, but his Majesty has ef-
fected a greater moral miracle, the sound of his ap-
proach has allayed the dissensions of years.—(Ap-
plause and cheering.)
The Memory of Lord Nelson.
The Marquess of Hastings and the Gallant Army
serving in India.
Marquess of Downshire and the Linen Manufacture.
Lord Oriel and the Agricultural Interest of Ireland.
Mr. Noirrn returned thanks, on time part of Lord
Oriel, late Right Hon. J Foster. t
Lord Meath and the of Ireland.
The Friends of 'relit Imperial Parliament.
Harmony and conc g all clams of his Ma-
jesty's subjicts.
niversal Benevolen
The Canals and Collier Ireland.
The 30th July, 1821, which united all classes of his
Majesty's su in harmony, good fellowship, asd
brotherly love.—(Three times three.)--Immense ap-
plauses.
Last.—To our neztegrry meeting.
The last toast was prefaced by the Chairman with
scme appropriate observations. He cong
assembly on the harmony and social fellows
which the evening had passed away so deligh
be trusted the happy spirit of conciliation won
aerminate here, 41 be perpetrated.—(Applauses.)
At one o'clock lie Lord Mayor and Lord Fingal
retired, when the whole assembly broke np, bestowing
mutual congratulations, and shaking hands as they
sled.