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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

Tuesday, July 8.

BANKRUPTS.—JOHN NEwmAN WALKER, Houndeditch, Mid •
dlesex, hardwareman—Jjigs HUNT, Noel-street, Islington, auc-
tioneer—lli:Nay ARMAND THORPE, Harleyford-place, Kenning-
ton, coach propnetor—JosEcH Rom the younger, Birmingham.
factor and cut-nail maker—Hßitety WILLIAMS, Swansea, Glamor-
Tan, timber merchant—HENßY SHAW, Halifax, worsted-spinner—
HOMAS WWII HT, the elder, and THOMAS WRIGHT, the younger,
York, tailors and draper —HENRY LEADBEATE H. , Huddersfield,
woollen cloth merchant—JOHN STOCKS RATITE, Newtown, Up-
perthong, York, woollen manufacturer CATIIARI NS WILLIAMS
13urscough, Lancaster, licensed victualler and farmer—THomAs
Noma N °WORTH, Liverpool, timber merchant—Joss GagooaY,
Princess-street, Manchester, accountant—THOMAS HINDLE,
RICHARD STUTTARIL and HENRY WALKWAY, Accrington, Lan•
caster, power-loom cloth manufacturers.
SCOTCH SEQU ESTRATIONS.—ALEzAwnsa Yonwo, Eagle•
sham, Renfrew, manufacturer and grocer—JAMES YouNo, Fisher-
row, Edinburgh, builder—JoHN Low, Glasgow, provision mer-
chant.

Friday, July 11.
BANKRUPTS.— ALELLNDER ELMSLIE THOMSON, Collura-
street, Wine•merchant BENJAMIN CHANDLER, Sherburne,

attorney—JoHN MORTIMER, Strand, printax—iiisoaas Cox,
Barbican, mathematical instrument maker—Jattss ENROR, Copt-
hall-buildings, City, dealer in shares—THoists WATSON, Artil•
lery-place, mining agent —SamuzLNEVILLE, Northampton, shoe
maker- -IttasiErr NEALE, WILLIAM NEALE, and JOHN NEALE,
Liverpool, hollowware manufacturers—Grosos FOSTER, Hor-
bury, York, worsted spinner—Cutur,Es HENRY SEAMAN, North
Shields, Northumberland, shipchandier.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JOHN GuuRLIE or Gloom-LT,
Motherwell, portioner--PETER LIVINGSTON, Duinfermlitte,
grocer—Sir Wiwi.); lizanT Dot, But, Edinburgh, under.
writer.

JULY 12, 1856.

THE ENTRY OF THE G[A EDS INTO
LONDON.
ins Guards made their entry into London on Wed.
nesday. There was not so much excitement or
enthusiasm among the people as such a ceremony
under similar circumstances in any other country or
capital would create ; but the Londoner is like the
dull man in the play, "if he don't say much, be
feels more ;" and, although the hurrahs and cheers
were weak, feeble, and ill-connected, not a man in
the vast crowds lining the streets for miles, from
Nine Elms to Hyde-park, but felt proud of those
noble columns as they paraded along, was glad
to see them return once more to old London, and
was individually ready to acknowledge their right to
a hearty welcome. But, somehow or another, ye are
not an enthusiastic people, and must gaze on a show
until it is over before we can exactly appreciate its
intent, or be ready to exhibit our gratification.
The Guards, consisting of the Coldstream, Gre-
nadier, and Fusilier Guards, in all some 3,200 men,
in accordance with the programme, had been brought
up in the early part of the morning from Aldershott
in four divisions, and were ordered to fall into line at
the Nine Elms station shortly after eleven o'clock,
when the march commenced in the following order :
The Grenadiers first, commanded by Colonel Ridley ;
next the Fusiliers, commanded by Colonel Walker;
and lastly the Coldstreams, commanded by Colonel
Drummond. The whole brigade was under the
command of Major-General Lord Rokeby, who rode
in advance. Major-General Crawfurd acted as divi-
sional commander, accompanied by Captain Stint,
his aide-de .camp ; Colonel Foley, who brought the
brigade home; Colonel Starkey, Captain the Hon.
A. Egerton, Major Coke, Captain Wellesley, Major
Baring, Colonel Lewis, Colonel O'Brien, &c. Each
regiment was preceded by its pioneers and band, and,
after the National Anthem, the first air played was
"Home, sweet Home." The column marched in
" fours," which had the effect of making the number
of troops look larger than it really was, while a
double line of spectators extended the whole way
from Nine Elms to the Park, and as by far the greater
portion accompanied the troops in their march, some
idea may he formed of the immense mass of popula-
tion which was congregated at Hyde.park. The
houses in Millbank-street and Abingdon-street were
filled with fair spectators, who throughout the route
were by far the most vigorous in their welcome.
Several peers and members of the House of Com-
mons took their stations in front of the Houses of
Parliament, from which they bad a good view of the
procession. At the corner of Parliament-street bou-
quets of flowers wore flung from the balconies
amongst the men. The Duke of Buccleucb, with
his family and friends viewed the procession from a
temporary seating, which he caused to be erected
within the railings in front of his mansion in White-
hall, and this was pretty much the case with the
other inhabitants of that locality. On the plateau
of Charing-cross and Trafalgar-square there did
not seem to be an unoccupied post; and here the
utmost exertion was required to keep the line un-
broken. In Pall mall the club-houses were filled with
members and elegantly-dressed ladies, who greeted
the troops by the waving of handkerchiefs and scarfs.
At the end of Pall-mall the Earl of Cardigan and
other officers met the troops, and wherever the noble
lord was recognised he was loudly cheered. In the
Park, General Beatson joined the other officers, and
throughout the day was a general theme of specula-
tion to the people, from his unique and remarkable
military costume, as commander of the Bashi-
Bazouks. Some would have it that be was a French-
man, others a Sardinian, and one imaginative indi-
vidual suggested that he must be no other than
General Mouravieff himself. _ _

As the time for the arrival of the Guards ap-
proached, the crowd at the different points in the
parks and before the Palace became so great and so
eager that the police and the troops experienced
much difficulty in keeping clear the space necessary
for the progress of the heroes of the day. Within
the gates of the Palace there was manifested as
eager and as intense an interest as without. The
balcony over the principal entrance had been pre-
parel for the reception of her Majesty, the Royal
Family, and her illustrious guests ; and for at least
an hour before the rattle of the drums indicated the
approach of the troops the Queen herself, the King of
the Belgians, several of the younger members of the
Royal Family, and some of the ladies and gentlemen
of the suite, could be seen through tho windows im-
mediately behind the balcony, eagerly watching for
the appearance of the bayonets which carried the
heights of Alma and withstood the flower of the
Russian army at Inkermann.
About noon his Royal Highness Prince Albert
left the Palace for Hyde-park, and shortly after her
Majesty the Queen, and her royal visitors, appeared
on the balconies. A few minutes of suspense, and
then the sound of the drums of the Grenadier Guards
was heard, and the head of the column wheeled

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into the Mall amidst the heartiest shouts they met
with on their whole route. The troops marched
straight to the Palace, and, entering the south gate.
passed under the balcony on winch the Queen and
royal party were standing to receive them, and left
the inclosure by the north gate, marching up Consti.
tution-hill into Hyde-park. As the troops passed
through the inclosure they lowered arms, and the
Queen graciously acknowledged the salute and
waved her handkerchief, and bowed and smiled, the
troops responding by very hearty cheers.
In the Park were already collected the first and
second battalions of the Grenadiers, and the second
battalion of the other regiments of Guards, brought
out to join their Crimean comrades upon this occa-
sion, so that so soon ao the first battalions had
arrived, the entire brigade, including seven battalions,
and in all some 5,5(X) men, stood collected together.

About half-past twelve o'clock the heroes from the
Crimea entered the Park by the gate at Apsley-
house, and on reaching the open space set apart for
the review, they were marched by Major-General
Crawfurd, under the orders of Major-General Lord
Rokeby, to their appointed place in the intervals
left in the line of columns previously formed by the
battalion of Guards who had awaited their arrival,
and who presented arms as they advanced. At the
conclusion of this manoeuvre the whole brigade
stood fronting Park-lane ; and when the amalgama-
tion had taken place among the several battalions
the Crimean brigade was still easy distinguishable
from all the rest by their soiled and dusky uniforms
and the weatber-beaten look of the men. Major-
General Lord Rokeby, Major-General Crawfurd, and
Colonel Wood, Field-Officer in Waiting, having
formally handed over to the colonels of the respec-
tive regiments the battalions composing the whole
brigade, the troops on the ground for the rest of the
day remained under the command of his royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert then proceeded
to meet her Majesty, and to conduct her into the
Park. .

At half-past one o'clock the Queeen, accompanied
by a numerous and august party, entered the Park
in procession, escorted by a detachment of the Royal
Horse Guards. Her Majesty was received by the
Prince Consort and a numerous staff at Hyde-park
Corner, and thence escorted to the saluting point,
just opposite Grosvenor-gate, a detachment of Life
Guards leading the way. The Duke of Wellington,
as Master of the Horse, rode immediately behind the
carriage which conveyed the Queen and her illustrious
guests, and a brilliant group of general officers on
the staff followed according to their rank and seniority,
with a number of other general officers who were
present, but not upon the staff. On her Majesty
arriving at the saluting point the troops upon the
ground presented arms, and the bands of the several
regiments played the National Anthem. The royal
party then proceeded down the line formed by
the troops, and returning to the flagstaff, the
horses were detached from the carriages com-
posing the royal cortege, and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge
took up a position near the carriage in which her
Majesty and her illustrious guests were seated. The
group of general officers ranged themselves in line
a short distance from the Queen, while immediately
opposite the flagstaff were the bands of the several
regiments, now formed into one. The whole of the
brigade then broke into open column and marched past
her Majesty in quick time, the band playing the spirit.
stirring air of " See the conquering hero comes.*
Throughout the whole of this manoeuvre the gallant
bearing of the troops, and the precision of their
movements, excited general admiration ; while the
colours of each regiment, as borne past, many of
them tattered and torn, and inscribed with the im-
mortal names of Alma, Inkc rmann, and Sebastopol,
added now to the older watchwords of Corunna,
Barossa, Talavera, Peninsula, and Waterloo, excited
the crowd to rather a general cheer. After the bri-
gade had marched past it retired to its original
position, and then advanced in line in close order
towards the royal party, within a hundred yards of
whom they halted, and saluted. The effect of this
was magnificent, and had scarcely passed off when
the word to "stand at ease, put their caps on
their bayonets, and give a cheer for the Queen," was
given, and the men took off their caps, raised them
aloft on their muskets, and gave three hearty cheers.
Immediately after this, the horses were re-attached
to the royal carriages, and the Queen, graciously
bowing to the multitude, left the Park in the order
of her arrival.
After she retired from the Park, a vast crowd of
the humbler classes, who had been pent up for
several hours behind the barriers along the northern
side of the inclosure, broke over the palings, and
ruOied towards the Crimean heroes, who were still
formed in squares, and seemed not a little at a loss
to account for this ebullition of popular enthusiasm.
The Guards after a short time of rest were marched
to their respective quarters, and the ceremony of the
day was concluded.

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FROME.—LORD EDWARD THYNNE has issued an
address to the electors :

In announcing myself to your notice as a " Conserva-
tive " (says Lord Edward 1, I hope and believe that I am
not less liberal in my views and opinions than those who
would arrogate to themselves the exclusive possession of
liberal opinions. The true policy of every real Conserva-
tive must be to advance with the times in which we live,
and I should be found a zealous supporter of every
measure of useful reform and social progress which tended
to the interests of my fellow-countrymen.

The noble lord then states that he is against the May-
nooth grant, and in favour of any measure on
Church rates which should provide a substitute for
the present rate, and while it would preserve the
buildings, allay the scruples of those who feel
aggrieved. The noble lord concludes

I cannot view the present position of the country as
satisfactory, or one that an Englishman should be proud
of. Having hardly emerged from one war, which, whilst
it added glory to our arms, and proved the spirit of British
soldiers, at the same time showed the culpable negligence
of the Home Government, we appear to be fast drifting
into another, from similar incapacity ; while the nation is
insulted and lowered in the estimation of the world, and
all discussion in the House of Commons is sought to be
stifled.
CALNE.—General Sir W. F. Williams, Bart., was,
on Wednesday, returned without opposition for this
borough, in the room of Earl Shelburne. The gallant
general was proposed by Mr. W. Wayte, and Mr. B.
Baily seconded the nomination. In returning thanks
the new member, who was much cheered, said :
My real motive in coming forward is to endeavour to
serve you and to serve the country in this her present state
of transition from war to peace, by advocating the preserva-
tion of those military institutions which cost us so much
blood and so much mortification to re-establish after the
commencement of the late war. I therefore hope you will
consider that I do my duty if I pursue that course—if I
try to protect those institutions which will protect you from
future invaders, and make the name of England respected
throughout the natzons of the world. As it is with indivi-
duals solit is with nations ; no great nation, however great
in other respects, can with safety stand in close proximity
with other nations, armed to the teeth, unless provided
with similar means of defence ; and I am, therefore, quite
sure that what I say will hold good, viz., that we should
watch jealously over our military institutions. No person
would think of going unarmed, with his pockets full of gold .
among men whom he knew to be jealous of his personal
character, and covetous of his wealth; and I am satisfied
that you will agree with what I said when I landed at
Dover, and what I have since repeated—that we should be
careful above all things to keep ourselves in a position to
preserve the wealth which the industry of ages has col-
lected in this country. Since the time of William the
Conqueror—and he came to this country having some pre-
tensions to the throne—no conqueror has ever set his foot
on our soil; and if we would continue to be able to make
this proud boast we must not neglect our military
resources.

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Lord Shelburne, in his parting address to his con-
stituents, declared " that he was unable to resist the
opportunity" of endeavouring to prove himself
a useful public savant."

THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE BANKES, M.P. for Dor-
setshire, expired at his residence in Old Palace yard
at one o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The right hon.
gentleman had been unwell for the last six weeks,
but it was not until Friday last that his malady
assumed a serious aspect. Since that day, up to the
hour of his death, the right hon. gentleman gradually
sank. The deceased gentleman was second son of
the late Mr. Henry Bankes, formerly for many years
M.P. for the county of Dorset. He was educated
at Westminster School, and afterwards proceeded
to Cambridge to complete his studies. He then
adopted the legal profession, and was called to the
bar at Lincoln's-inn in 1813. In 1922 be was ap-
pointed one of the Bankruptcy Commissioners, and
was afterwards appointed Cursitor Baron, and had
for many years been chairman of the Dorsetshire
Sessions. He was Recorder of Weymouth. Mr.
Bankes first entered on official life under the Duke
of Wellington's Administration, when he was ap-
pointed Chief Secretary of the Board of Control, and
in 1830 was appointed a Junior Lord of the Treasury
and one of the Commissioners for the affairs of India.
On the formation of the Earl of Derby's Govern-
ment, in March 1852, Mr. Bankes was appointed
Judge-Advocate-General, which office he held up
to the resignation of Lord Derby in
.December the
same year. Mr. Bankes entered Parliament on the
Conservative interest as a representative for Corfe
Castle, in 1816, and continued to represent that con-
stituency up to its being united with Wareham in
1832. At the general election in 1841 he was re-
turned to the House of Commons for Dorsetshire,
which he has since sat for in the House of Com-
mons. Mr. Bankes was a strenuous supporter of
the high Conservative principles, opposing the com-
mercial measures of the late Sir Robert Peel. Mr.
Bankes married Miss Nugent, only child of the late
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Charles Nugent, G.C.8.,
by whom ho leaves a family of four sons and three
daughters.