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

ever to be lamented poet, !" at the request
or the Chairman recited at the head of the
room, in his usual eloquent and" (and what
Is very odd in an eloquent man. J imhre.-
size manner. his beautiful poem;" called.
i" I'm h,dehcndeit Tribute to the slfestorp
4, q Mr.. Pin" SWe are not told whar an
pause followed the recitation. and no sps =
cimen or the poetry is given; but the reader
has no doubt been, once in his life, a peru
SER OF those impressive ieur d'eskrit called
the bellman's Verses. This" independent.
I Tribute" in verse was followed by a most in
I dependent toast -" His mai sty's sailors
and success to their measures" 1 beg pa,
don--rninisters, L should say, but it is the
same thing, ton as the former cut their cloth
! so the latter cut their consciences, precisely
70 fit the King. rhiGtoast was enthusias-
, tlcaily drdn@ with three times three, and
followed by long appliances & repeated shouts
| OF hu2za" Then 'the Lord Chancellor was
DESTROYS to express. in adequate terms, the,
sense his majesty's ministers entertained of
the honor done them, &c. &C." but it need
not he added, lac could not his fecliues over
powered him, not 10 mention the heat of tho
room aud il would have been "crlel II, thf.
extreme" to insist upon a long speech our.
3 -od Lord Ch;.hc ellor is extremely scenk .
The health ot q" the Lord Mayor and corno.
ration, and prosperity to the City of Lcodop,'
were then drank, and not only s..Sir John
HfH5dm .4ndersom returned thanks for him
self, bat We are absolutely assured bv thu
precise Posi-, tbat MIR. Alderman .Sbosy >,
! sviO zvas 5tre5ent aid. something We
~ odd man Should say any thing who was
Hr"Senl! Nothingi ted Us by persons who
were nos present bu Should conjecture.
they never could have made a speech eouaj
to this Alderman, one of the many per-
sons possessing rank, property, character
aud every quaHfcatlun tia constitutes res
pectalIl1ty As proof OF two OF the qua
liUcs that constitute responsibility, viz can
dor and common sense. this worthy ,nayis-
tra!e declared "that the toast was the mere
tlatt-rinS. as IT Game frpm he friends ef the
greatest man TINS OF any ether cpuptry ever
produced" What fhnd OF reading and
observation is opened in this single piece of
criticism. Alfred to be snre had Httle
taste III every thing Bacon some small pe-
nefatlon and SOCrater : lew hints towards
human improvement but Pitt was the man.
! Fit who despised the liberal arts, Pitt who
| could not see through the rottenness OF con-
tinehtal coahtion, Fit who found Frauce in
hlr Old limits and !sft her stretching out her
humbled arms, like : manstrons cancer. over
the Whole face of Europe This is the al.
lustrious. the Immortal" the ever to be
iamented, the greatest man, that this or
any other country ever nrcducedl" People
are apt to doubt Nh Sh.7v's sincerity. and
even tie London Ia err :, ems to nave been
Sh AZ On tllS occasion but II any thing
CoulI prove him to be distracted at the lose
of Mr.. Pitt, thins it is thi speech. The
madness however was Coat gious The last
speaker we find reCo dsd is Mr. Canning.
VINO, I'm compliance with the desire of the
| chair" rose to give the Company The senti-
mehts OF the present government, with res
! pect TO the various legitm ate" nonarchies
that hal' just been toasted. Were a nem-
loerCf parliament to ask such an explanati-
! M m 6
baby NEE with rebuff, or az least with eya.
sion but when oIr John LueEes. East In
di.. director. signifies his desire" TO the mi
hister5, what else remains for the minister
but to CON plys However, tive exclamation
Consisted Of nothing but what we a!lknow-
the ministers, 1T seems, have hohes in Spain.
ana h2fes ia Austria. and are determined
10 act IN every respec, upon the p ute hii,ee
| cthlcS. in which, says my lord EIdo, Y;,.v
have been educated so that the nation r.
ITS everlasting Comfort, may still hope to find
It's enemies gaming, and Itself losing inf1u.
eEce, and when Europe is entirely gone the
PIttites may transfer the losing nu.I;-
ties, upon which they prize Themselves to
India and America
| Alter this satisfactory statement, the com
Pany appear to have given greater loose 10
! their maudiin Saieties, though still no doubt
there was "a so]emnity not unInixed with
sadness" whenever the chairman mentioned
| the word PITT, and they still sought anxious
| " tor that great mans memory where. il was
SO often drowned--at the bottom of the six,b.
| bottle. % AT ten O'Clock" concludes the in
spired Post, with a chm not to be exceed
ed by Mr.. Fttzyerad himself, the great
er part OF the company retired. and shortI;y
after, the company broke up deeply impress
! sed with the sentiments tist had been On.
! forced IN the course # the evening & hiph-
llY charmed with the entertainment which.
while 1t was an abundant source of .u6lin,s
| delight, was moi Lrs8 remarkable for me eyo
tyfcatfon Of the faiaIe." This is as if a ',er-
son were to say" The shores of Kent. While
ltney exhibit majestic sweep of cliffs that
seem with naked strength, to DEFY the hos
| TIE coastof France, are not less reuarkabls
| TOR the extreme quantity ofshriu1ps they nro-
duce; OF, " Mr.. PfTT, that immortal. g.
ver-to be lamented, and greatest Of men.
was not more celebrated for the mighty Qua.
lities OF his mind than for his very oztraor-
binary nose ~ or, lastly, as one Of Mr. EYt--
gerdla's predecessors satIically singeth.
| Persuasion tips his tongue ,o6saer, hi tgLs,-
A"dh he mas lodgings IN The kiag's bea,h Ss.iils
So much for this most gross, most inefsef.
enc OF all political farces.
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