The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-04 00:00:00

sailed this m arcing tor the River, the Alexander, Tboessen.
from Saha Doming o 4 Creole, Colesworth. from Peruse-
beceo—Salled the Ganges, Comberlye, for Madras lad Cal-
clam—Came down from the River, and resale, the Nike'',
Pa►k, for VanTiteman's Land.
POII2IIIIOIIT Lions 3.—Wind S.W.—Salled 0.11. S. Re.
willies from the Downs.•
Portion/a, Juno 4.—Wind .S.W.—Arrived the Lip.
wing, revenue cruiser, frost Holyhead ; Noises. Bore, from
Dentzic ; Bellg pc? verdant, from London to Van Disman's
Land ; lotritransport. from Sheerness, with troops
ter Imlaein—vemiled the Ann, Madge, for Prince Edward's
Wand; ileite:2lCerliale, (Or Labrador and Newfoundland;
and Diketbrilt, See bins, for Bayonne.
The Neptans, (a Swede) from Pommy's, ran on shore in
the River Plate, let 'February and sunk, cargo expected to
be saved.
' The I.3trd Lynedoeh, Clapperfon, from Gibraltar, was on
shore on the Chico Bank, in the River Plate, Ist Feb., but
was expected to be got or. '

PITT CLUB OF SCOTLAND.

None of the London papers have inserted a hill account
of the proceedings of the Moeda% of the Pitt Chas of Scot-
land on Wednesday last, and our column are too much is.
espied with matter of another Mod to afford It room ; se
that the English public are in danger of losing much enter-
tainmeot. The Earl of Hopetoun was in the Coale, midge
and Sir Walter Scott were the chief speakers. The toasts
were numerous, and their style was varied—from grave to
Ray—from lively to sdlemn."The Memory of the Right Hoe.
Wm Pitt," was drank, of coarse, in silence; "The House
sad Estate of Hopetoun," with loud applause. Many of
of the toasts were such as are usual on steelier r.ocessions,
bet some were trulyoriginal. After " the Hoes* of Brune-
wick" there was given by the NobleCheirman,r the Sixtaea
Happy Days is which Scotland was honoured by the pre-
sence of her Sovereign ;" and before " the House and Es-
tate of Hopetoun," Sir Walter Scott prefkced the toast
by saying, "he should propose to drink :the last of
those happy days which they had just commemorated.
He would drink the Hero who hal been last honoured
with our Sovereign's presence—the family whets he was
last entertained, and which bad long flourished the de-
fendelesSetb* country' and might they long flourish as
its ptidEgrdle would drink the ground on which they
had laftVadlietb with their Sovereign." • " The Noble
Chairmalle(Mititeself," as might be expected, " unable '
to make an adapate return for the favour which bad
been conferred on his family by the last toast. Praha
from such a quarter was lodged calculated to fill his mind
with self-consplacency—but at the same time to ember.
rose his feelings, and aggravate the sense of his own
deficiencies." He, of coarse, could think of nothing else
than returning lavishly to the quarter whence they had
come, the compliments be had received; and the
Noble Lord and the distioguisheid Baronet, who of most
ilea have the. least need of any additional admiration,
praised one another, as if cub was a young candidate
for fame.—But perhaps thel only cociforined to the old
country adage " claw me and 1 will claw you." The
Meeting being consecrated to one memory, occasion
was taken to introduce another or two. The first of this,
series was a the Memory of Henry Viscount Melville,"
and the "silence" in which it was drank is remarkable
enough, for not a word is said about its reception or
about the merits of the deceased. If the " silence" were
Rot soleina" we should think no inconsistency. for see
lemnity was a quality which " Harry Dundas" neitheW
assumed nor liked ; but if the silence were made the
occasion of withholding the acknowledgements which
the parties owed " Harry," the company was very un-
grateful. No men on earth, wd believe, had been under
more obligation to a man, than that set bad been to
Harry Dundee. He once, we remember, appealed
to a large company of the same character, am
ambled at Edinburgh, and inquired if there wee
any one present on whom he' had not conferred
a favour? Harry used such men as his tools; bat
he paid them well for their work. He was not rich I•
personal property; but, no matter; the property he be.
'stowed was not the more acceptable to such public naes
for being public property. The patronage of India weal
his ; and that all Scotland knew full well. On ids
native couotrymen and townsmen be bestowed it
liberally; and it were want of tnentory, indeed, on
their part, if on this occasion the remembrance
of him did not renal a sense of their obligations.
The next " Memory" which the Noble Chairman
thought proper to propose, was that of " Robert
late Marquess of Londonderry." This was a " memory°
that was truly calculated to be drank—if drank at all--1
with a solemnity more than usually awful ; but whether
it was calculated for the occasion of the Meeting will be
a question with some own of delicacy. Delicacy,however,
seems to have been oat of the question on this occasion;,
for though nothing, so far as we know, was said in behalf
of " their Vend's, ' much more was said of his successor
" Lord Cutiereagh," than can be admitted by any otbet
eompenro be true. The No tie Chairman in introducing
the toles said, "he would propose the memory of one et
the 011tATILST STATIMISN,—One of the most ENLIOUTBMIII
men, who ever shared in the Government of this country."
If the fitness of these terms should be questioned In their
application, the Noble Chairman may perhaps observe, as
he did when proposing the health of Sir Walter Scott,"
that " he could not on this occasion be guiled by the colt
riles of ordinary propriety."—"The name of Sir W. Scott
was the fame of his country. He was the brightest flower Is
the garden of fancy. His name and his talents were the
birth-right of the present, and would live in all future genera-
tions." This toast was drank amid loud acclamations : but
it was not enough for the bard to be toasted in his own
name, and lapis own presence. The Lord Provost soon,after
took occasion to toast-" the Great Unknown" the author
of those works of fancy'and of genius whose reputation
was not 'confined to this country, but had filled all Eu-
rope." To this the worthy Provost added, in the simpli-
city of hie heart, that could ha bring this person before
them, they would no doubt all recognise in him a friend of
the great statesman whose name they were met to celebrate.
[This toast, says the Edinburgh Star, was received with
loud and reiterated applause. in which the distinguished
Baronet alluded to, seemed heartily to join ] There
is a time when men see double, and there is asetof men in
Scotland who affect, to be possessed of second sight.
Whither the Learned Judge who followed the worthy
Provost, be of either of these descriptions, we possess sot
the means of judging; but if not, we think his Lordship,
Lord Hermand as he is entitled, spoke what
men of sober minds would aceonnt paradoxical, when,
alluding to " the Great Unknown, he observed "he
hid no doubt, in his own mind, that lie had the
author at.psewnt in his view." At this the cons.
patsy are—sirel. to have laughed ; as well they might
laugh ; binA WO know not whether they laughed at his
Lordship or ditbiaobserval.ion. The Edinburgh Star does
not state that his loidship, like the Baronet, joined in
the prevailing feeling. His Lordship, we must suppose,
was as grave as a judge. "The only other toast we have
room, to mention; (for the toasts would engross our co-
lumns were we to take notice of them all) was that in
compliment to the "Lord Advocate and the bar of
Scotland"--and we notice' that only on account
of the tune with which it was followed. The tune was
" There's nae luck about the house." What House did
these good folks mean ? [lid they mean the House of
Commons? They surely were possessed of second sight.
They anticipated the small insignificant majority, in
which his Lordship was left last night.

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