The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-29 00:00:00

ZORD PALMERS2 ON AND 2.11 E CINQUE PORTS. Yesterday Lord Palmerston was formally installed in his office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, with much pomp and circumstance, and amid every demonstration of popular enthusiasm. The curious and interesting ceremony, vividly recalling the an cient glory and importance of this historical group of haven towns, and reviving not a little of the pagentry and state of bygone times, took place at Dover, the principal of the five ports, and the centre of the Lord Warden's jurisdiction. Every effort h a d been made by the "barons," jurats, and com monalty of the ports to give a cordial and fitting welcome to their chief on his entrance apon the duties of his office, and to celebrate the event with becoming jubilation and splendour. Those efforts have been crowned with a triumphant suc cess. The noble Lord Warden received from the future subjects and retainers of his quasi palatinate a most hearty greeting. Every auspicious circum stance combined to impart eclat to his induction. The glorious sunshine lent its richest aid to bring out all the picturesqueness and beauty which nature and art have lavished with so prodigal a hand upon Dover and its neighbourhood. The an cient castle, which Mathew Paris in his day de scribed as clavis et repagulum totius regni, and which in spite of the altered conditions of modern war fare, possess a high strategical value in connection with our sea and land defences, looked nobler and grander than ever; and the frowning battlements of the neigbouring heights, the bold and beetling cliffs—blinding in their dazzling whiteness—the lovely bay, whose waters lay sleeping below, as smooth and refulgent as a burnished mirror, toge ther with the unwonted animation and gaiety which pervaded every nook and corner of the old town and port in connection with the day's festivities, all gave to the entire picture an indefinable charm, the potent spell of which stirred the pulse even of the most blase inhabitant. The Lord Warden himself, at this his first official visit to the seat of his new authority, could not fail to be as much impressed with its external aspect as he must have been gra tified by his reception from the townspeople. No such gala day as yesterday has been known at Dover since the Cinque Ports—some 20 years ago—gave a memorable banquet to their late illus trious Lord Warden, the Great Duke, when the " Barons," and several thousand other auditors from far and near, were electrified by the glowing elo quence of Lord Brougham, to whom the task of panegyrizing England's "hero of a hundred fights" was so fitly confided. The lieges of Dover were astir from an early hour giving the finishing touch to their triumphal arches, floral devices, flags, banners, and other tokens of rejoicing. The streets from the first of the morning were literally alive with the townspeople, and the concourse was hour by hour increased by the steady influx of strangers brought from a distance by the excursion trains and steamboats. THE REVIEW. The programme of the day's festivities commenced with a review of the various corps of Cinque Ports Rifle and Artillery Volunteers, which was held on a fine plateau behind the Castle. The rendezvous of the troops was at Waterloo-crescent, whence they marched to the review ground accompanied by their bands, and followed by thousands of the towns people and visitors. The route lay up the Castle Hill, no ordinary acclivity to ascend in quick time under a blazing sun, whose intensity was greatly aggravated by the chalky soil, which seems at once to retain and refract the burning heat. A scorch ing atmosphere, however, was unheeded by the im mense mass of the ardent holiday keepers ; although, indeed, before the military spectacle was half over several of the Volunteers had to involuntarily retire from the ground through their sufferings from the sultriness of the day. The different corps nn the ground, with their re spective officers in command, were :—The Margate Rifles (under the command of Captain Cox) and Artillery (Sergeant-Major Caveler) ; the Deal Rifles (Ensign Carney) ; the Ramsgate Rifles (Captain Young) and Artillery (Captain Hammond) ; the Dover Artillery (Captain Wollaston) and Rifles (Captain Churchyard); the Hastings Coast and Marine Artillery (Major V. Harcourt) and Rifles (the Hon. Captain Walde,grave) ; the Tenterden Rifles (Lieutenant Saunders) ; the Folkestone Artillery (Lieutenant Clarke) and Rifles (Captain Leith) ; the Hythe Artillery (Lieutenant Andrews), and Rifles (Ensign Watts). Lord Palmerston rode over from Walmer on horseback, accompanied by the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and arrived on the ground about 1 o'clock, the troops, who numbered in all somewhat under 1,000 men, were drawn up in line to receive. His Lordship wore the uniform of a Lord Warden—a blue cloth coat with red collar, and his Grand Cross of the Bath. He was assisted by Colonel Luard, Assistant Inspector of Volunteers in the South-Eas tern District, by Brigadier-General Garvoch, Com mandant of Dover Garrison ; General Dalzell ; Colonel M‘Murdo ; Colonel Ambrose, 2d Buffs; Colonel Cappage, Commandant of Artillery of the South-Eastern District ; Colonel Aylmer, R.A ; Lord Elcho, who appeared in the uniform of the London Scottish, and other officers. The manoeuvres through which the Volunteers were put were of an ordinary and simple kind, and were performed with steadiness and precision. Having marched past their chief, and executed several skirmishing move ments the-review was brought to a close. The Lord Warden and his suite then proceeded to the Castle to luncheon, and on entering the archway he was received with a salute of nineteen guns. Here the precession wala formed, and left the Castle by the drawbridge in the following order : Cinque Ports Volunteer Artillery Corps. Governors a ndpepnty-Governors of the several Forts and . Castles within the Cinque Ports, two by two. Mayors of the Cincp", ports, accompanied by their Recorders, Town Clerks, and Coroners, with their Barons and Returned Men in their Gowns, two by two, preceded by their respecti ve Mace-bearers and officers. Two attendants of the Corporation of Dover, in Livery. Sergeant of the Admiralty in his Robes, bearing his Silver Oar. Proctors of the Court of Admiralty, robed. R eg i s trar of the Ports, robed, • The Judge of the Chancery and Admiralty Co ur t s , in. his robes. Surrogate of the Cinque Ports of Admiralty, in his ro b es. Lord Warden's Secretary. The Lieutenant of Dover Castle. Trumpets, &c. The Lord Warden. _ _ Officers and Gentlemen attending on the Lord Warden, Riding. Such of the Barons of the Cinque Ports as were there, two by two. Cinque Ports Volunteer Rifle Corps. The route was lined by the 3d Buffs. Every win dow, balcony, housetop, and many stands specially erected for the accommodation of spectators, where a view of the procession could be obtained were tested to their utmost capacity, and tumultuous cheering was kept up along its whole eourse until it arrived at THE COURT OF SHEPWAY. This Court was held at Bredenstone-hill, in a tent, within the Drop Redoubt. His Lordship sat on a raised dais, covered with crimson carpet, with the Mayors of Dover, Hastings, Hythe, Rye, Fever sham, Folkestone, Deal, Sandwich, New Romney, and Winchelsen, the bailiffs of Lydd and Pavensey, the mayors of Seaford, Tenterden, and Ma:gate, ranged in a semicircle around him, bearing their wands of office. The officers of the court in their offi cial robes were next placed at the extremities of the semi -circle as follows :—The Judge of the Ad-• eltY Court of the Cinque Ports (Dr. Phillimore), the s, ar _ of Acirn r ir ° l e ll a t te (Mr. James Stilwell), the Sergeant Proctor, ti d ,I h'tthe Recorder of Dover, the Admiralty of body Coponer of Dover. The general ranged transverses, aee fr,m the Ports occupied seats I t a t n .. d running. down the whol length of the tent ywi the bar. B e y o nd the bar e rier a number of ladies 11 and ac commodated as spectators„ The gentlemen Hon. Mr. Cowper were ac and other distinguished spectators occupied a wind of alcove to the right of the Lord lion. Capt. Waldegrave , in the Windsor uniform, sor uniform, was in attendance on his Lordship, The "Lord Warden havi n g take n: his s eat, now wearing his Order of the Ga rter, the Senesch a l (Mr. E. Knocker, Town-ch !rk of Dove r ) co nducted the formalities for duly constituting the Court. The mandate requiring the ports, towns, and their limits to send representatives to the Court was read by the Seneschal. The quaint and antique phraseology of this document drew a smile from some of the specta tors. It began by reciting the style and titles of his Lordship as "Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmer ston, Constable of the Castle of Dover, Lord Warden, Chancellor, and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, two ancient towns, and their members," &c. It was ad dressed thus :—" To all and singular the Mayor and Bailiffs of the Cinque Ports, Iwo ancient towns, and members of the said Cinque Ports, and to every one of them greeting." It then declared that for " cer tain good reasons and considerations him thereunto especially moving," his Lordship notified to them that he " purposed and resolved, by God's grace, to be at Bredenstone-hill, within the liberty of the town and port of Dover, on the 28th day of August inst., then and there to hold a Grand Court of Shepway, according to the ancient usage and cus toms of the said Cinque Ports, and there to take upon himself the duties of the said office." It ac cordingly" straightly charged and commanded them and every of them to give good summons and lawful warning unto six, five, or four of the best and most discreet corporate corn-barons,' " from each port, &c., to attend him at the time and place aforesaid, together with the Mayors and bailiffs or their .de puties, " to do as to them hath been accustomed and belongeth." The returns to the writ were next made, from which it appeared that 14 different corporations sent delegates. The original five ports, the two ancient towns and their " limbs" or members, were represented as fol lows :—Dover, by the Mayor, th e D eputy -M ayor, two aldermen, and two town councillors ; Sandwich by its Mayor, two aldermen, and three c o u nc ill ors; New Romney, by its May or , t wo j urats, an d four freemen and commoners ; Hastings, by its Mayor and seven aldermen and coun cillors ; Hythe, by its Mayor and four members of its council ; Rye, by its Mayor, two aldermen, and five councillors ; Winchelsea, by its Mayor and three jurats ; Folkestone, by its Mayor, four aldermen, and two councillors; Feversham, by its Mayor, one alderman, and four councillors ; Deal, by its Mayor, three aldermen, and three commoners ; Tenterden, by five members of its cor poration ; Pevensey, by six ditto ; Seaford, by its bailiff, three jurats, and one freeman ; Lydd, by its bailiff and five jurats. Fordwich (a decayed " limb" of Sandwich, with only 237 inhabitants by the Census of 1851) sent no representative. The Seneschal then called over the roll, when the corn-barons summoned answered to their names in the order of the precedence belonging to the diffe rent ports. He then reported to his lordship that returns had been made from all the towns within the liberties of the Cinque Ports excepting Ford wich. Lord PALMERSTON then said,—The Court having been formed, I have now to declare that, having been nominated by her Most Gracious Majesty to the office of Constable of the Castle of Dover, Lord Warden, Admiral, and Chancellor of the Cinque Ports, two ancient towns and their members, an office vacant by the lamented death of the most noble the Marquis of Dalhousie, I have summoned the Grand Court of Shipway, pursuant to ancient usage and custom, on entering upon the office aforesaid, and in testimony of my nomination thereto I request that my patent of office may be read by the Seneschal. The patent was read accordingly, conferring on his lordship the remnant of the ancient jurisdiction attached to his office, together with the right to all wrecks of flotsam, jetsam, and lagen, or lost mer chandise, and all things taken up, gotten, or reco vered from the sea, either by himself, his deputies, or agents of all the ports or creeks, as well by land as water, within the precincts and liberties of the Cinque Ports, the office to continue for life. The Mayor of HYTHE, the Speaker of the Ports for this year—a post which falls to the chief magis trate of each port in annual rotation—then requested his lordship to take charge of the ports, waiving the usual request that he would take the oath binding him to maintain their special rights and immuni ties, which no longer exist. According to the oath the Lord Warden shall hold up his right hand breast high, and shall say, 4 ‘ Yea, if God will, I shall to my power." As there are now no great privileges to conserve and protect the oath or serment was not administered. Lord PALMERSTON rose and said—l have great pleasure in accepting the office conferred upon me by the Queen, and ratified by this Court. I shall feel it my duty to fulfil all that belongs to that ancient and honourable office. (Hear.) (This announcement was received with loud ap plause, instantaneously followed by a salute of 19 guns from the adjacent battery.) Dr. PHILLIMORE then addressed the Lord War den as follows :—My Lord Viscount Palmerston, Constable of Dover, Lord Warden of Dover, Sand wich, Romney, Hastings, and Hythe, of the mem ber towns Winchelsea and Rye, and the other tri butaries,—Time-honoured custom casts upon the holder of my office the duty—l should, perhaps, more correctly say invests him with the privilege— of addressing a few sentences on behalf of the mayors, bailiffs, barons, and other inhabitants of the Cinque Ports, to the Lord Warden on the occasion of his installation, at this his first grand Court of Shipway. I find, my Lord Warden, that according to ancient precedent the speaker on this occasion ought to confine himself to two topics—he ought to congratulate the Lord Warden upon the high dignity and emoluments of his office, and he ought also, after the fashion of free subjects addressing a constitu tional Sovereign, gently to remind the Lord Warden that his subjects have rights which he is bound to protect and privileges which he is bound to main tain. To former speakers, my Lord Warden, these topics were somewhat more fruitful than, unfortu nately, they can be to me. The ruthless hand of an unromantic Legislature has made much havoc with the substantial emoluments of the Lord War den's office, and with the rights and privile,..es of those over whom he is appointed to rule. Enough, however, of this ancient institution happily remains to preserve the relations between the Lord Warden and the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports, and to justify the present solemnity. Not to mention other privileges, the rights oethe Lord Warden to jetsam, flotsam, and lagan still remain intact, and the Ad miralty Court, over which I have the honour to pre side, and from which there is but one appeal—to the Crown, still retains its jurisdiction from the shore beacon on the coast of Essex to the red cliffs by Seaford on the coast of Sussex. Time is indeed a great destroyer and a great innovator ; he lays his withering hand upon the outward form and visible fabric of many a goodly institution ; but if the in stitution e r b thate foundedupon a true an d soun d p cpiv rin power; it i s i n d estruct ib le; ieo he has no p it escapes from his grasp ; it survives the outward form ; it may assume another shape ; it may animate, like the Dervish in the Eastern fable, another body ; but it survives, it is not extinguished. Let a le ap . ply this observation to the present status of the Cinque Ports. What though no more these havens equip 57 ships at the command of their o S otvheereign? What though no more—as in the time f Plan tagenets—they anticipate the order of the State, and unbidden, make war to avenge an insult offered to the national flag ? What though no more—as in the time of the Tudors—the navy of the Cinque Ports enables the Sovereign to think foul scorn that a foreign force should invade the borders of England ? What though those times and their peculiar exigen cies have passed away—and the burden of main taining the maritime defences of Great Britain he LOW wisely apportioned over the whole kingdom ; yet the spirit of loyalty to the Throne and of love to the country which once animated the crews of the Cinque Ports galleys still survive. Witness the magnificent spectacle of this day—of that gal lant force of Volunteers which has sprung into sudden existence at the shadow of a shade of a menace offered to our fatherland; of that force whose remarkable characteristic it is that the pri vate soldier is often, in refinement of nurture and gentleness of birth, not inferior to the officer who commands him ; of that force which recalls to our •ecollections the classical lines— " Egreditur miles castris generosus ab iisdem E queis dux fuero quilibet aptus erat ;-" of a _ . , at noble army of pat r i o t s no part of her Ma- LONDON, • THURSDAY 'EVENING, AUGUST 29, 186 L THE) -SUN, jesty's dominions has furnished a better or more efficient quota than these ancient Cinque Ports. (Cheers.) Long may they retain all their remain ing privileges, and among these long may their Barons preserve that peculiar privilege which their loyalty has ever merited, of assisting at the coro nation of our Sovereign. Long may Shakspeare's lines be true— " They that bear " The cloth of honour over her are four Barons " Of the Cinque Ports." To many persons, my Lord Warden, all traditionary customs and rights appear idle and useless, but I demur to their philosophy. I deny their states manship. To you, my Lord Warden, we know that we shall not look in vain for respect for traditional usage, to conciliate progress with stability, to accept the spirit of the present, and to reverence that of the past ; to pursue a policy at once reforming and conservative is the high mission entrusted by the Crown and the people to your Lordship's hands, and with that mission the present ceremony is not inconsistent. In deed, my Lord Warden, the ceremony furnishes of itself no insignificant proof of your extraor ' dinary popularity, for I am informed by our ' Seneschal that the last public recorded installation was that of the Duke of Dorset in 1765. During that interval nearly a century has rolled away. And what a century ! What mighty names do I find on the muster roll of Lord Wardens. For to pass by others, and even your immediate predeces sor, the able and gifted Dalhousie, whose loss we have not yet ceased to lament, think of the names alone of Pitt and Wellington, both dear to this country for their many victories—victories of peace (for such there are) and victories of war, but dearer still for the true English hearts which warmed their bosoms, for the genuine love which they bore to their country. And, my Lord Warden, permit me to say that it is not much that your name has been associatEd for many years with every political event in Europe—of all of which you have indeed been a great part—and by a happy fortune having been the chosen friend of the great Canning, you have lived to choose his illustrious son for the preserva tion of India ; not so much that you are now in pos session of the highest object of ambition which a subject can attain ; not so much on these grounds, ample as they are, that you are received, here as elsewhere, by this hearty greeting, but because there is a general and deeply-rooted conviction throughout the land that your heart's desire is to promote the welfare of England. Fully sharing in this conviction we of the Cinque Ports heartily congratulate your lordship on this accession to your other honours, and we feel certain that our remain ing rights and privileges are safe in your lordship's hands. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON replied in these terms : Gentlemen,—l need not say that I have heard with the greatest delight, with feelings of gratitude as well as of pride, the eloquent address just delivered to us by a person distinguished in his learned pro fession as well as in other walks of life ; for I well re member his eminence as a member of the Legislature. It is peculiarly gratifying to me that that well-known voice should upon this occasion have complimented and congratulated me on my accession to this an cient and honourable post. I quite concur with my learned friend, as I am sure he will permit me to call him, for our friendship has been of long stand ing, and founded on a long acquaintance with his merits and deserts—l quite concur that we ought to respect ancient traditions, because, although they have a value which to a superficial observer may not at first be apparent, yet if any one will look at the hearts of men and into his own feelings, he will be convinced that the knowledge that the town or the county, the corporation or the community, to which he belongs has been famous in history, has been loyal to the Sovereign, and done good service to the country—that sentiment in his mind is a guarantee for good conduct in whatever circum stances he may be placed, for, independently of his own sense of what is right and what is wrong, he would feel ashamed of lowering the character of that community in connection with which his an cestors for generations and centuries past have done credit to their country, and rendered themselves useful to the Crown and the State of which they formed part. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I respect this corporation of the Cinque Ports. It is true, as my learned friend has said, that the progress of general improvement has visited the Cinque Ports, as well as the other institutions of the land; but the progress of true improvement is not to demolish, but to amend—(hear, hear)—not to destroy ancient institutions, but to adapt them to the times in which we live—to make them a part of a harmoni ous whole, instead of foreign excrescences upon the general fabric. Why, that which we are now doing in this neighbourhood is au example of this. We are increasing and improving those ancient works which in former ages were sufficient for the defence of this part of the realm. We are adding to them modern improvemements ; we are removing those parts which are no longer suited to the exigencies of our times ; and just in the same way, without destroying those venerable institutions of the Cinque Ports, we have removed from them those functions which might be better exercised by other parts of the con stitution, with advantage not only to themselves, but to the public at large. Gentlemen, I will not detain you any longer. I will simply return you my sincere thanks for the hearty welcome you have given me, and assure you that, if it were my lot as a much younger man to live for many years to come, the recollection of this reception I have met with this day would survive in my bosom to the latest hour of my existence. The members of the Court then did formal obei sance to his lordship ; and, the Mayor of Dover having invited his lordship to a banquet in the evening, the delegates were dismissed and the Court dissolved, at equal distances, are ranged the emblazoned coats of arms of former Wardens of the Cinque Ports. The hall was lighted by means of elegant brass gas chandeliers, and the coup (fail was unusually bril liant and imposing. The Mayor of Dover presided. On his worship's right sat the Lord Warden, the Hon. W. Cowper, and Lord Elcho ; on his left Sir J. Burgoyne, In spector-General of Fortifications, Lord Clarence Paget, M.P. for Sandwich, and the Hon. Captain Waldegrave. Among the other guests were Mr. Nicol, M.P. for Dover, Brigadier Garvoch, commandant of the garri son, Col. Cuppage, commandant of artillery, Mr. Steriker Finnis, W. H. Bodkin, recorder for Dover and assistant-judge of Middlesex Sessions, Dr. R. J. Phillimore, judge of the Cinque Ports Admiralty Court, all the officers of the Port of Shipway, and the representatives of the Ports present at the morning's ceremony. About 350 gentlemen in all sat down to dinner. Lady Palmerston and many other ladies occupied seats in the gallery. The cloth having been removed, The CHAIRMAN gave " The Health of the Queen," who reigned in the hearts of all her subjects. If anything could increase the loyalty of the people of the Cinque Ports it would be the choice which her Majesty had made of the distinguished noble man who had that day been inducted into the Lord Wardenship. (Loud cheers.) " The Health of the Prince Consort, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family" having been ,duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," briefly recounting their re cent heroic services in the Crimea, India, and China. The toast having been cordially received, Sir J. BURGOYNE responded for the army. He said that their distinguished guest had a strong claim to the homage of that service. No Minister had shown so much justice and firmness in the con sideration of military affairs as the noble lord, par ticularly in regard to the branch of the service to which he had the honour to belong. He could not help thinking of what an able general the country had lost through the noble lord not having been brought up as a soldier. (Laughter.) The Cinque Ports in bygone times had been always regarded as standing in the forefront of our national defences. He did not know how long they would continue to be so; but should the contingency of war befal us, he felt sure that in their present Lord Warden they would have a tower of strength far surpassing the towers of masonry which lined their coast, however valuable they might have been. Lord C. PAGET, on behalf of the navy, said he had a double duty to perform not only being connected with the Admiralty, but also having the honour to be a " Baron" of the Cinque Ports. He might state with confidence that never was there a navy of Eng land in a more satisfactory state than at present. God grant that it might never be called on to meet the foe, but it certainly had never been more prepared than it now was to do so. The vast sums cheerfully voted for the support of the navy were, he believed, now being judiciously expended ; and a proof that the Government had not been neglect ful in providing for the defence of the country would be witnessed ten days hence, when a magni ficent iron-cased ship would pass Dover Bay. (Cheers.) As regarded sailors, he could also assure them that the Admiralty were in a satisfactory position; they were complete in their numbers, and had en difficulty in manning our fleets. (Cheers.) If he had been Secretary to the Admiralty 300 years ago, he would have had some scruple in alluding there to the vast sums required for our naval arma ments, because the whole cost was then borne by the Cinque Ports—(a laugh)—whereas their inha bitants now contributed in the same proportion as the rest of the country. He could not agree with Sir J. Burgoyne that their excellent Premier ought to have been brought up a soldier, but thought that, judging from the great knowledge and experience which the noble lord displayed in all discussions on naval matters, he would have made a first-rate sailor. (Cheers and laughter.) Colonel McMuaDo returned thanks for the Vo lunteers, and bore testimony to the admirable man ner in which the different corps of the Cinque Ports had acquitted themselves that day. They consisted of scattered corps which had never been brought together before, but their performances had illustrated the principle which he had con stantly enunciated, namely, that when company drill had been attended to there was no fear but teat when brought together in battalion's and bri gades they would work well. In Great Britain there were now 347 batteries of Volunteer Artillery, such as those he had seen that day, representing a total force of 22,550 artillerymen ; in addition to which we had 148,000 Volunteer Riflemen. The latter body comprised 211 battalions—that was to say, consolidated battalions in the large towns, under the command of field officers with their staff, and what were called administrative battalions, consistingof scattered corps in the different counties, yet also under the command of field officers with their staff. Only the other day he had inspected 20 companies of these scattered corps, forming two battalions in Worcester, and they went through all the manoeuvres required of infantry on a field day with great credit to themselves. The main stay of the movement was the love of the people for firearms, which was being gradually developed by the Central Association, under the auspices of Lord Elcho, and altogether the Volunteer force through out the country was in a very progressive state of efficiency. A general order had recently been issued, in accordanCe with the wishes of the Go vernment, for the instruction of the different corps, each of which, he was glad to say, would now have besides a field officer and adjutant, permanent sergeants attached. Our Volunteers would not be above taking a lesson from what had happened in America, and perhaps our general officers might advantageously do the same. General M'Clel- . lan's first general order referred to that prime essential to an army in the field, the pro per sanitary condition of the camps. Besides organizing his army, General M'Clellan was also judiciously organising that great vehicle of intelli gence, the public press.. Instead of chasing away its correspondents and representatives from his head-quarters, he had laid down a code of rules for their guidance, and appealed to their patriotism to follow it. The weak point of our volunteer system was said to be the officers. No doubt those gentle men required time to attain proficiency, but he be lieved they would not undertake their important duties unless they really intended to qualify them selves for their proper fulfilment. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the gallant colonel said that, as pre ceding speakers had claimed their Lord Warden for the navy and the regular army, he must also put in a claim to rank th noble lord among the volun teers, among whom indeed he might now be consi dered to be enrolled. (Laughter and cheers.) Dr. PHILLIMORE had now to withdraw their minds from the thoughts inepired by some previous toasts and speeches. He had not to speak to them of martial deeds by sea and land, or of the triumphs of civil statesmanship, but to propose a toast which related to a body of men who by their simple piety and pure doctrine, he believed in his conscience, had done as much or even more than any other class or profession in this kingdom for its general welfare. The learned doctor concluded by proposing " His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Clergy of the Diocess." (Cheers.) The Rev. C. CJLLINS, vicar of Faversham, ac knowledged the toast. The CHAIRMAIf then rose to introduce the toast of the evening. Having referred to the ancient glories of the Parts, and eulogised the character and merits of their distinguished guest, his worship gave the health of Viscount Palmerston, their new Lord Warden. The toast was received with vehement and pro longed cheering, Lord PALMERSTON then rose and said,--Mr. Mayor and gentlemen,—lt is really not one of those commonplace expressions which are usual on these occasions, if I say that no words can adequately express the smallest portion of the gratitude which I feel for the kind, the warm, the cordial reception which I have met with, not only in this hall, but in every part of the precincts of Dover through which I have passed during the proceedings of to-day. It I were indeed the saddest heart—as cold and as hard as the chalk and flint on which your Castle stands —(a laugh)—that could remain insensible to the warm and heartfelt demonstrations I have had the pleasure this day to receive from so large a number u of my fellow countrymen. I feel, indeed, gentlemen, that the only claim I can have to that goodwill so frankly and cordially displayed must be my good intentions to servo my country—(hear, hear)—my attachment and respect for the institutions of that country, and opinion —it may be by some considered a prejudice—imbibed from my earliest years and strengthened and confirmed as years have rolled on, that my fellow countrymen, taken as a nation, have not their equal on the face of the earth. (Applause.) You will have the kindness, gentlemen, to receive this as a confidential communication, for I fear that if it got abroad it might do harm. (Laughter and applause.) I feel that having accepted an office of high antiquity, of great honour and distinction, which has been held before me, I believe, by 118 distingbished men, and some of them the most dis tinguished this country has produced—l feel that some explanation may be due on my part for the temporary delay which took place in the fill ing up of the office. The fact is, that when the vacancy occurred her Majesty was graciously pleased to signify to me her intention to confer that office on me, I deemed it my duty respectfully to state that I thought myself bound in the first place to ascertain whether it was an office it was expe dient to keep up, or whether, under the altered circumstances under which it was placed, it might be abolished. I therefore took time to inquire. I soon found that, although undoubtedly the office had been ,shorn of many of its former attributes and powers, it was nevertheless so interwoven with the organisation of the ancient Cinque Ports that to abolish it would have been tantamount to alter ing altogether, if not destroying, that ancient con stitution, and knowing, as I did, the deep-rooted and honourable attachment the people of the Cinque Ports feel for their ancient institutions, I concluded it was right that the office should be continued, and, therefore, I availed myself of the gracious invita tion of her Majesty by occupying it as had been proposed. There was, therefore, some delay, for ' although the salary has disappeared—(a laugh)— there are in the patent, as those who heard it read this morning must remember, certain words about flotsam and jetsam, and similar matters—(laughter) —which imply some possibility of profit, and con sequently, as the acceptance of the office necessarily vacated my seat in the House of Commons, it was not expedient that I should offer myself to my con stituents for re-election until the Easter recess arrived. I beg, therefore, gentlemen, to state that no disparagement of the dignity of the office, no under-valuing of the honour which it confers was the cause of my apparent hesitation in accepting it. (Hear.) Gentlemen, I honour the people of the Cinque Ports for their attachment to this ancient constitution. There is nothing which more dignifies man than a clinging to ancient and honourable tra ditions. Our patriotism, like our charity, ought to begin at home. A man should begin by loving his home and his family ; he should then love his town and his district ; be should love his county, and then he will love his country. (Cheers.) So far from these local attachments narrowing the human mind or cramping and debasing its sym pathies, they are the real, the true, and stable foundation for the enlarged and honourable feelings that bind men to the nation and country to which they belong. In former times, as has been well said, the Cinque Ports furnished materials for the defence of the realm. They were required to put afloat 57 vessels and their crews when our shores were in danger. As my noble friend Lord Clarence Paget observed, you are now relieved from that special burden, and have only to put your shoulders to the wheel in common with the rest of your fellow countrymen. We have now as magnificent a fleet which, as my noble friend justly said, is equal and, I may say, superior to anything in the world. We have seen to-day that although you do not put sailors on board ship you put soldiers on the turf, and you still furnish as many men for the service of the State as formerly manned your ships. And there was this gratifying circumstance noticeable in the scene we witnessed to-day, that along with the red and gray coats of the infantry and the darker colours of the artillery, the blue jackets were seen performing field evolutions with as much regularity and precision as the land troops. We beheld the brave seamen and fishermen of the coast who have enrolled themselves for the service of their country and qualifying themselves for any duty in defence of our shores should they ever be assailed by any enemy. (Hear.) Colonel M'Murdo truly observed that recent events in America should teach us a valuable lesson. The example of what has happened across the Atlantic shows that you may collect thousands of men together and put uniforms on backs and muskets in their hands, but you do not thereby convert them into soldiers or into an army; 1 there must be discipline. It is not enough that there should be individual bravery. Why, our cousins in America as individual men ar3 as brave as any that tread the earth. They are of the same stock as our selves, they arc descended from the same parents, are animated by the same spirit, and prepared to encounter equal dangers. But when thousands of men as personally courageous as any race in existence get together, each man wanting that con fidence in his comrades which discipline and train ing can alone supply, they exhibitea to the world that unfortunate rapidity of movement which took place at Bull's Run. (Laughter.) That, I say, is no disparagement to the valour of the Americans, but affords, I repeat, a lesson which we ourselves may usefully ponder and remember—viz., that dis cipline and organisation are indispensable to make any army efficient in the field. But, gentlemen, although we may profit by the experience of others I do not think the lesson is specially needed by the Volunteers of England, because those Volunteers have by their sagacity submitted themselves to military instruction and training, and are rapidly acquiring all that knowledge which is essential to military organization. Some months ago I heard Colonel 'Niggard° at a public dinner, at which we were both present, state that either 30,000 or 40,000, I forget which, out of a force of 150,000 Volunteers were fitted to take part with troops of the line. Since that time that 150,000 has, I believe, mounted to 170,000, and there can be no doubt that if their services were needed, that number would be speedily increased to any extent to which arms, ammunition, and officers could be found for them. (Hear.) Gen tlemen, I think the Volunteer movement is the most honourable event recorded in the history of any nation. If we had had—as was the case in former times—a large army and a great fleet collected on a neighbouring coast, threatening the invasion of this country, it was not surprising—indeed, it would have been surprising had the fact been other wise—if hundreds and thousands of men should have started up and asked for instruction and organiza tion as Volunteers. But there was no such case in this instance. There was, however, a feeling on the part of the people of this country —a kind of saga cious instinct—that our means of defence were not such as they ought to be. There was a general indisposition to go beyond a cer t a i n stan dard in time of peace in regard t o th e numer i ca l strength of our standing army, and a conviction that we could not expect to rival those Powers which have hundreds of thousands of armed men constantly arrayed within their limits. The na tion, on the other hand, felt that our regular army and militia, however excellent and efficient in themselves, were still short of what might by pos sibility be required, and by a spontaneous and almost instantaneous effort not suggested by the Government, but emanating from the independent action and public spirit of the people, there sprang into life that magnificent force of which we have an admirable sample of to-day. (Hear, hear.) Gen tlemen, I trust that organisation is so engrained in the minds of Englishmen —has so entirely become one of the familiar sports and exercises of the na tion, that no circumstances will ever induce them to give it up, and that no considerations, whether of economy or otherwise, will cause any Govern ment to refuse the aid and encouragement neces sary to give due effect to the movement. (Cheers.) We cannot, as .I have said before, attempt to cope with those great States which maintain hundreds of thousands of regular soldiers. We accept with frankness the right hand ')f friendship whereNer it is tendered to us. We do not distrust that prof fered ,right hand, because we see the left hand grasping the hilt of the sword. But when that left plainly does so grasp the hilt of the sword it would be extreme folly in us to throw away our shield of defence. (Loud cheers.) There are, gen tlemen, two securities for peace. The one consists in a state of perfect insignificance, the other in a state of perfect defence. The security arising from perfect insignificance. England, I think, will never enjoy. (Laughter and cheers.) The secu rity for peace which arises from a perfect state of defence, unconnected with any notions of aggres 110D, not coupled with hostility towards any one, but confined solely to a manly determination to protect and maintain what we have, is a security which I trust this country will long continue to possess. And so far from that being a reason why the most friendly relations should not be kept up with foreign Powers, in my opinion it is the only true, solid, and stable foundation upon which those friendly relations and the hope of a durable peace can permanently rest. (Cheers.) Mr. Mayor, my lords and gentlemen, I beg to return you my most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the honour you have done me, and I can assure you that I shall ever consider the day now drawing to a close one of the proudest in the whole course of my life. (Loud and prolonged cheers.) Several minor toasts followed, after which Lord and Lady Palmerston left the hall, and drove off amid the acclamations of the multitude to Walmer Castle. The banquet, which was of a very sumptuous character and admirably served, was provided by the Messrs. Staples, of London, and fully supported the reputation of their establishment. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr Winn, assisted by Miss J. Wells, Mrs. Winn, Mr. Donald King, Mr. Shoubridge, and Mr. Fielding. Mr. Harker ably officiated as toastmaster. The town was brilliantly illuminated, the whole population thronging the streets and keeping up the festivities till far into the night. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 28. BOW-STREET.—Two men named Bray and Chapman were charged by William Dixey, a well dressed young man of prepossessing aspect, with robbing him of his purse and £l2 in gold. They were defended by Mr. Lewis, jun. (Lewis and Lewis). The prosecutor, who described himself as a draper, but afterwards admitted that he was at present a draper's assistant intending to establish himself in business shortly, deposed that he met Bi ay on the 19th inst. in Vickress s Tavern, corner of the Strand and Wellington•street, whe re he went in to get a glass of ale. Bray drew his attention to a drunken man who was making great exhibition of a pocket ful of bank notes, and suggested that "as gentle men," they would be doing the drunken man a service if they should see the man home, that he might not be robbed of his " lot of money." Wit ness "taking an interest" in the drunken man assented, and they saw him safely to the Craven Head in Drury-lane, where he said he was lodging. There Bray ordered a pint of ale, for which the drunken man was going to pay, but witness to prevent him from changing a £5 note volun teered to pay for it. In order to do so witness took out his purse, which contained £8 10s. in gold, but no silver. Replacing the purse in one waistcoat pocket, he took some loose coin from the other, and after paying for the ale, replaced the remainder of the money, £3 10s. in gold and some silver, in the pocket from which he had taken it. He drank about half a glass of the ale, but dissuaded the drunken man from tasting it. Chapman then entered, with another man, not in custody. They appeared to know Bray, who directed Chapman's attention to the drunken man, observing that he had "a lot of money," and that they had been seeing him safe home. Chapman challenged the drunken man to toss for £5. Wit ness dissuaded him from doing so. He suspected they were all three in league to swindle the poor victim. Mr. Henry inquired whether by " the poor vic tim" he meant the drunken man or himself ? The witness said he meant the drunken man, but he himself was the victim as it turned out. The four then proceeded to lay pipes on the floor, and chal lenged witness to bet that he would jump over them without breaking any of thew. Ile declined, and seeing that they wanted to " have " him, he took the £3 10s. out of his pocket, and watched his op. portunity to put it in his purse as soon as he could do so unperceived. Bray then came on one side of him and Chapman on the other. Chapman seized his hand, wrenched it open, an took the £3 10s. from him, while Bray took his purse from his pocket. and they all decamped at the same moment. Bray Enid Chapman left by different doors. Witness im mediately gave information to the landlord, and then proceeded to the station-house, where he told the inspector what occurred, and gave a description of the three men—the two prisoners and the man who came in with Chapman. Did not describe the drunken man. On Tuesday evening he saw the three men standing opposite his residence in Lam beth-walk, and calling a policeman gave Bray in custody. The other two ran away, but after a chase Chapman was taken, though the other man escaped. In cross examination, the witness strenuously in sisted that he did not toss or bet, and that the drunken man did not toss. Did not think there was any betting. Did not pledge his watch to bet. Pledged iz the same evening, but that was after giving in formation at the police-station. Pledged his watch in order to pay a bill, which he had intended to dis charge out of the money of which he was robbed. Did not pay the bill after all, being tired, and prefer ring to go home. Neither of the prisoners was with him when he pledged his watch—at least, as far as h . e knew. They might have f o llowed him—if so, he did not sea them. Borrowed £3 or L 3 3s. on the watch, at a pawnbroker's near Drury-lane. Gave his cor rect name and address to the pawnbroker, but did not know that it was by this means the prisoners knew where he lived and went there to see him. Would swear that he dic, not tell the inspector he had been swindled. On being pressed, he would not swear he had not s a id so, but did not thi n k h e could have said such a thi ng . Did not say it was done by putting down pipes and betting that he would jump over them. Did no t say h e ha d b een tossing with the men. Would swear he did not bet or toss with them. It appeared th at S ergean t H asp i nall was acting inspector on the occasion in question, and had made a report of the prosecutor's complaint to this effect, —That three men (whom h e d escr ib e d most minutely, and, as regarded the prisoners, with pre cise accuracy) had defrauded him of £l2 by tossing and betting upon his jumping over tobacco pipes. That in a bet of £3 he staked the money by laying three sovereigns on the counter, but before the wager was deEded one of the men seized the stakes, and they all decamped. The prosecutor said the report was incorrect. Mr. Henry—lt was taken down from your own mouth. The Prosecutor—l said I was robbed of the money. I did not say that I staked it, or that I bet or tossed at all. Mr. Henry—You must have said so. The in spector could not have invented it. The Prosecutor—l do not mean to impute such a thing to the inspector. I told him that they wanted me to bet and toss, but I was confused and excited, and he may have misunderstood me. Mr. Henry observed that the words had been taken down from the prosecutor's own mouth. Mr. Lewis called the magistrate's attention 'to the deliberation and collectedness exhibited in the careful—and, as regarded the two prisoners, accu rate—description of the three men. Mr. Henry then sent for Sergeant Haspinall, who positively swore to the accuracy of the report. The prosecutor did not say a word about money being taken from his hand, or from his pocket. Mr. Henry would be glad if the prosecutor could explain his inconsistent statements, which ap peared to him (Mr. Henry) to be wholly irrecon cilable. The prosecutor thought some allowance ought to be made for a slight discrepancy under such cir cumstances of excitement. Mr. Henry said it was not a slight discrepancy, but a material contradiction. The Prosecutor—This morning Mrs. Bray offered me £2O to withdraw from the prosecution. Air. Henry said that had n othing to do with the main question before him, which was, whether th e prosecutor's statement, which was wholly u nsup _ ported, bore out his case. He should be glad to assist the prosecutor against such characters, if h e could do so withjustice, but he could not send two diametrically opposite statements before a jury. How were the jury to decide which they would be lieve ? He knew which he thought the more pro bable, and if the prosecutor had adhered to his first story theme n should hav e gone for trial. But would aury b e lieve a st a t ement which; though j made on oath, was not originally s contradicted by his own sworn deposition ? Mr. Parfitt, the landlord of the Craven Head, said that the affair did not happen at the counter, but in the room. He Was not serving, but was near at hand, and he he ar d nothing ofit till four s or fire hours later, when the prosecutor came to hlm and complained that he had been cheated in that house in tossing and betting. He (Mr. Parfitt) said, " You had no business to toss or bet, and you should not do it in my house if I was aware of it." The prosecutor told him that about two years back he was inveigled by a sharper to drink ale with him, but detecting the rascal in an attempt to drug the ale, he gave him in charge, and the man got two years' imprison ment. When in company with these men he sus pected that they were swindlers, but thought with his experience he could " best" them ; he, therefore, tried to "have" them, but they were " too many" for him, and so they " had" him. As to the three sovereigns, he said he " posted" the money on a bet that he would jump over some tobacco pipes, but as he was going to jump one of the "sharpers" seized the stakes and " bolted." Mr. Parfitt added that all the prisoners were strangers to him ; that he had no idea that betting was going on ; that he never encouraged or knowingly permitted " shar pers" or other bad characters in the house ; that he had held his licence for six years, and there had never been a complaint against him, or an imputa tion on the respectability of the house. Mr. Henry fully believed that Mr. Parfitt had given a correct account of the transaction, and, under the circumstances, he thought it quite useless to send such a case before a jury. He should, therefore, discharge the prisoners. CLERKENWELL._DREADFUL CRUELTY TO A CHILD.—A BOY NEARLY STARVED AND EATEN TO DEATH BY VERMIN.—A dirty, ill-conditioned look ing fellow, who from his appearance seemed to be an habitual drunkard, and who gave the name of Daniel Egan, was brought up on a warrant by police-constable Tyler, 42 G, charged with desert ing and cruelly ill-treating his child, Daniel Egan, a boy aged nine years, whereby he was become chargeable to the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn. The appearance of the poor boy was most pitiable when he was produced in court by Mr: Anderson, the relieving overseer of the parish of St. Andrew's. Although the boy has been in the workhouse for some days, and has greatly improved, he still bore evident traces of the ill treatment he had received, and the marks of where he had been bitten by the vermin were still visible. From the evidence it appeared that the defendant's wife has been dead for some years, and the boy was placed by the defendant under the charge of an aged woman ; but although he earned a good deal of money he squandered it away in drink, and when asked to contribute to the support of his child he became very abusive, and said he wished the boy was dead. The old woman, who had barely enough to sustain herself, was compelled to make the defendant take the boy away. This he did, but had only had him with him a few days when the prisoner, who treated the boy with the greatest brutality, deserted him, and left him without food in the streets. The boy, who managed to keep himself alive by picking up what he could, was found sleeping in the streets by the police, and was taken to the workhouse, and was at once admitted. The defendant was found, but no proceedings were taken against him then, as he consented to take the boy out of the workhouse, and that his aunt would look after him. The de fendant paid the aunt for the support of the boy only for a short time, and then he totally neglected to do anything, and told the aunt that she might do her best and her worst, for he was determined that he would not pay a single farthing for his bastard. Some weeks since the aunt became very much distressed, and was compelled to take the child to his father's, who she found drinking in a public-house along with a number of low women, whose drink he was paying for. He then said that he wished the young was dead, and that he would never do anything for it. He sent the child oution some light pretence, and went away, but the child again found him. and the prisoner then said he had to get his living when he was seven years of age, and the boy must do the same. He cuffed away the boy, and for some days aft erwar d s h e h a d to sleep in the arches in Victoria-street, better known as " the ruins," a place, the arches of which are infested with vermin of every description. When the boy was found on this occasion, and taken to 'the workhouse he was in a most emaciated state, and in a state of exhaustion from want of food. He was covered with vermin, some of which had eaten into the skin, and had he not been taken to the workhouse when he was, he would certainly have died. The conduct of the parish authorities is deserving of every commendation, for the manner in which they had acted in this matter. The prisoner, who treated the matter with the greatest indifference, said that he was never married, and the boy being a bastard he was not compelled to support it. He only lived with the mother of the boy, and who. oho died be did not wish to be troubled any more with him. He had as well been out of work. Mr. Anderson said that the defendant could earn very good money if he pleased; but when he did do any work he squandered his earnings in drink and low women. Mr. D'Eyncourt said that this was a very bad case; and the prisoner's notion seemed to be the poor child was to be deserted, and left to die. If he could sentence the defendant to a longer period of imprisonment than he was now about to do, he would. The defendant was a bad fellow, and to cheat the poor woman who protected his child was disgraceful, He had left his child to starve, and he should sentence him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for three calendar months. The poor child was again taken to the workhouse. COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL—Aim. 27. Our market to-clay was fairly attended by the trade, and we had a large supply of English new wheat, which sold firmly at the currencies given below. The samples of old wheat which were offered, and mostly of a superior quality, moved off freely. Foreign ruled dull, with a slow sale. Malting barley met with a slow demand, at a redaction of 2s per qr. Grinding samples, however, in good request, and holders firm. Beans realised full prices, Peas very little sold. Oats rather in favour of buyers. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr ... 54s Od to 57s Od Old red 91 •• • • 40s Od to 50s Od New white .. „ •• • • 60s Od to 63s Od New red .... ~ Dantzic Konb , &c. old while 54s Od to 63s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 508 Od to 58s 03 Baltic and Hamburg, red s4s Od to 55s 03 St. Petersburg a n d Riga, ld 468 Od to 48s spa Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Od Grinding 3os Od to 32s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish s2s Od to Ms Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to 133 Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 0813 Swedish and Danish O sl2id to 05133 Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4Bs 0 to 508 Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od. New tick. 4os Od to 42s 04 Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od; Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 0 to £0 0 0 Foreign! BlO ot o 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones 415 oto 5 0 0 THE BANQUET. The banquet was held in the Maison Dieu, which has been recently restored and decorated. The building, which was formerly a religious house of the order of the Templars, is now used as a Town hall. It is the very edifice in which, according to local tradition, the recreant King John delivered his kingdom to the Papal Legate Pandalf, and under took to do homage for it as a vassal of the Pope, paying 1,000 marks as annual tribute. The company arrived about 6 o'clock, and the Lord Warden, who had been escorted to the entrance by an enthusi astic multitude all the way from the lower end of the town, was again received with vehement and continued cheers. When the guests had all assem bled, many of them appearing in full costume, or in brilliant military uniforms, the spectacle presented was one of the most animated and dazzling descrip tion. The hall is embellished with two painted windows., one erected (out of funds left for that purpose by Mr. Bass, the late town clerk of Dover), to the memory of Captain Allen, a native, and one of the original adventurers in the Burra Burra, the richest cop per mine in the world. The subject of this win dow is the embarkation of Henry VIII. from Dover for the Field of the Cloth of Gold. The other window is a memorial of Mr. Thompson, the late coroner for Dover, and a lieutenant in the Ar tillery Volunteers, who lost his life in the fatal gun explosion - there about a year since. The sub jectis the landing of Charles 11. at Dover in 1660." Both windows, which are much admired for their artistic excellence, are the work of Mr. W. Wailes , of Newcastle-on-Tyne, from designs by Mr. Ed ward Poynter. On the north wall of the hall hangs a full-length portrait of the Duke of Wel lington, by Lilley, which appropriately reminds the spectators of the greatest of the long line of Lord Wardens of whom the barons of the Cinque Ports are justly proud. On the walls, between the windows and the pictures, are grouped speci mens (from the Tower) of the arms and equip ments of arquebusiers and curassiers, chiefly of the period of the 16th century. At the east end, above an equestrian statue of George IV. and groups of armour, are three shields, emblazoned in proper heraldic colours. The central shield is composed of demi-lions and ships, the arms of the Cinque Ports, and those on the right and left the armorial insignia of Dover, the devices from its common seal, one representing St. Martin (the patron saint of the town) dividing his cloak, and the other the ancient gallery of the Ports. All round the hall, --. -,_. NEWARK—Aua. 27. • - A fair show of wheat from the growers to-day. Buyers purchased moderately, and sales took place at no reduction on former prices. Barley a meagre show, and trade quiet at recent rates. Oats were rather slow, at late quotations. Beans were dull, at late prices. White wheat, new, 60s to 66s Red do. —s to —s Old white 6ss to 70s Red do. 50s ko 60s Barley, malting 378 to 42s , Peas, Barley, grinding .29s to 3 1 8 Oats, old, **** grinding 288 to 3 2s New do 248 to 29s Beans.. 448 to 50s Beans, new --s to —5 ,40s to 50s. BIRTHS• eYocife' Isle a son. of w the i :fe th of e INGRAM.—On the 27th at Aides, Chailey, th e w if e of James Ingram, Esq., of a daugh ter. NE M w a jßoErßNY.e—wObenryt,hoef2anshoiii.nst., at Brighto n , T Tr w ß i f rr e E o n i — ll r O . n w li the a tt h F i . n 3 s , . T , uarnt nr, MARRIAGES. SULLIVAN—BELL.—On the 17th i ns t, , at the Cathedra l, Gibraltar, Francis W. Sullivan, Command er o f H M. S. to Agnes, daughter of the Hon. Mr. Sydney a on e a her Majesty's Judges of the Cape of Gee Rope. TARLETON—DIAISDALE.--On the 27th inst C.B.t Essendon Church, Captain John Walter Tarleton , inst. A.D. • Royal Navy, to Finetta Esther, twindaughtor of the B G e r l a l Thound , Hon. Baron Dinasdale, of Carnfield.place, Herts. DEATHS. GAINON.—On the 27th inst., at Clifton, John Gannon , Esq., surgeon R.N., aged 73. GRAHAAL—O n the 27th at Jersey, Miss Catharin e Graham, youngest daughter of the late Sir Jas. Graham , Bart., of Netherby. IlAur..--On the 20th inst., in Regent street, Thos. Ha re ' of Lympston, Devon, aged 74. Hurr.—On the 21st inst., at Cowes, Isle of Wight, CO. Richardson Win. Huey, aged 60. PHILLIPS.—On the 27th inst., Harriet Hannah, wife of Rev. G. Phillip s , i ncum b ent of Upper Edmonton, age ' 36. SOUTER.—On the 27th inst., at Stanhope Lodge, Norwood • road, John Souter, Esq., aged 75. SHARPE.—On the 25th inst., at The Cedars, Old Charlton, Kent, Joseph Sharpe, Esq., of Bermondsey, aged 73. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at . No. 112, Strand, Printer, at ThE Sux Office, No. 112,Stran d, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of 111iddless 3; WhurssisY t August 29, 1801. .