The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-21

4 '-~SSS s'A~ oshSt why a party -udn AUG
nobody else might dine in public, he replied
with some, confusion, that it was not the din
ncr to which he objected, but to what might
be said at the dinner. Amiaole and conde
scending hberaiity And yet neither the wing
club nor the reiormists have gone to Mr., Can
nnS with tears in their eyes to thank him
tor assuring them, that the people OF Eng.
land may eat beef in taverns!
The number of tickets on this "grcat'
occasion IS said to have been limited 10 $40
ON account OF the size of the room /; nothihg
indeed was ut first intended but ia private
dinner OF the gentlemen of the Pitt club 10
which the leadiRS members of Mr.. Pift'S
schoot of fOfitfcs, and Il few others, were t.
have been invited !" but " when so many
persons,' continues the pathetic Past, pos
sesslng rank, property, character and er,ery
4aatDcafioh fhGt constitutes rcSfecfu6fGty,
sought this occasion of assembling together,
ana ShewinS to each other, and la tiie Couu
try the falsehood, as 5v8H as th,. mischief Of
aHo7ofnS tie sentiments and resoi,ltiouS II
ofher meetings., con,/ioScd Of Hersoas Of .
gerry d58et'ent descrTRtio2, from being re
presented or received as the sense Of fhs
aafion, 1t would have been t1nzuiSe as well
as cfuet IN the e-rtr'eWe, to have denied the.r
VIC opportunity. Cruel IN the rctreHse I!
Row pretty an inucnIlo of resentment! How
ANNUALLY boarding school . There.the Door
flutes would have been standing, suppose
some with patriotic hopes that one Of the
aldermen might be taken Ill and make room
LOT them others In blank despair IT their
total want OF place one looking through
the key hole with tears in his eyes and wa
ter In his mouth aud a third oribine the
porter to carry hat little scrip OF writing
to My lord Custiereagh, who would very
likely get him in. We'll from five to SIX
O'Clock proceeds the d,g,dfed Post, .men
oSrS vi the house oi coninlons peers, and
iue"ioeIs Oh the government Gontinucd toa.
rive. The Lord Chancellor. and all ms ma
Jcstys ministers, with a number az de- u,o,t
distinguished nobility entered tne room I,
sether, IN a sort OF processi,i,, which. not
withstanains the festite purpose Of the meet
ing, hau IN 1t an air of soeHnity not umixed
VITA sadness" Now it would have bee as
wen to state, OF whom this distinguished no.
Diiity consisted, ana how it was Gis,ineu;sh
cd the rlch nobies, the literary mobiles. the
heroic mobiles, are unfortunately i'm opposit;
els 10 the present ministers, but then there is
inc cake OF !hontrose, that distinguished
tIias,ef OF the horse and my lord Castle
Ie,si'' mat distinguished jobber; and the
dnKe otfortiano tf!at distinguished dowagcr :.
all famous personages ana distipp,,ished &,
very eminent places. This reminds me of
Soiusmiths Chinese, when he was making
MS inquiries in Westminster abbey. ard
asking ms guide what such u MAJ was Pc
Mar6d6le for Remark ablr for sa,s = :.
other; 40 sir, he was very II, .r1,,rkahIe
man. Yes, but what Tor ''S returns he
Chinese-" What for, sir Sir, he was re.
MAJ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. far q tomb m
WcSEaRinster 066ey.'
With the aforesaid lair of solemritv mo-;
u''in'Xed with sadness" they OF Course sat
down ID dinner, and here there is deulora
oie gap In the narrative, for hardly a word
70 saie Oh the dinner, except that it consis-
tea or ''every thing the season could afford -
tor season read taxes)--Now the effect
~ all these merry mournfut occasions H..
Pchds entirely upon Contrast, and therefore
lt was incumbent upon any one who under.
took 10 ne It's historian TO enter into n r,,no
oer OF particulars, as hoEv the COMPANY were
50 ardent III the cause as to scramble ra,i,er
indecorouaiy for piaces-hosv they all .eat.
cd themselves III an attitude of dcsnondau.
cy and Grasped the knives and forks as IN -,
they would nave demolished Bo,iahartc---
no" at the name of that illustrious r,iffiau
efeiy oosy iaHShed outrageously from res
Poo' W or tEk memory, and how at the
name OF Mr.. Pit they all recovered their
soiemnltY not unmixed with Sadness
then the grave writer should have proceed
ed to describe how the general tear trick Ied
uo"h INTO the turtle soup. on wasted itselt
upon the tribe how lord CaStlereaph fron,
excessive sympathy with the music of nh
East India companys band could hardI,,
manage to keep his seat: how the comr, ~,
IN an agony OF impotence called sometimes
upon Mr.. Pin and sometimes upon thr w.
ter /; how they praised that great man n
mean the tormer) for adding so artfiIlv Tn o,,r
nallonai strength by accustoning our shoul
ders to the heaviest burdens. like the porter.
whoby the same means bring themselves tn
bear any thing & lastly, how they exaltsd
him To the skies for the consumrnate polio, he
dlsplayedtowards his enemies in aggrandiz
ing them by every possible artif;ce, SO rhat he
may literally be said to have done for them
ike the man In Horace who ruined his ad /.
versary by enriChing and putting him up. -
But all these matters are easily conceived
and the historian, considering their uaiure
land how "iMToS8ibLe' it WAS "to descrihe,'
them. was wise no doubt in leaving them n
the imagination.
Afterdinner, Mr.. Dignunl, the Roman ca
tholic, commenced the very appropriate ca.
fnon OF non Ho6iS Donliue---that Is tn cav
4" not unto us, o Lurd'' Then after fr1
accustomed tnasts CINE q" the immortal u.
mory OF the late right hon. HfLEaDt Pift,''
L his toast says the accomplished Post.
vas dTahkfH solemn reUereHlful silence .
] / hen a little while afterwards, "mav the
spirit OF MIR. Pitt ever animate and guide tho
councils OF q. Britain" This e" toast" was
= drank with three times three, followed
| by enthusiastic applause %
| present deity they shout around
A present IPitV the vaut,.J So. ...i-...