The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-03 00:00:00

UNION.HALL.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES BY SERVANTS.—Yesterday
Wallace, John Newman, John Rogers, and John Field, were
brought before the Sitting Magistrate, L. B. ALLEN. Esq.
charged with having robbed their employer, a ehymist and drug.
gist, of a quantity of quicksilver and other property.
John M alker, foreman to Mr. Bowling, chemist and druggist,
of No. 18, Kent-street, stated, that the three first-named prisoners
are porters in the service of Mr. Bowling, and Field was also em-
ployed as a laboratory man. For some length of time, great quan-
titiez of lozenges, quicksilver, and other goods, have been misted
from the warehouse. In consequence of the heavy losses sustained
from the depredations, an apprentice, named Biggins, was placed iu
a situation in the laboratory, for the purpose of ascertaining whether
any of the workmen engaged there had a hand in the robberies.
The lad had no sooner taken his position there, than from his con.
cealinent he observed Field enter the room, take a bottle out of his
pocket, and till it with quicksilver, from one of the vessels which
contained the IllineTal; after which he returned it into his pocket,
and left the place. This fact was communicated, and from sub-
sequent information, the other persons were also implicated as be-
ing concerned in robbing their master. Search-warrants were GC.
cordingly applied for, in order to discover the stolen property.
Grassnsith and Ulennon, the officers, executed the warrants. In
NVallace's house the officers discovered aquantity of qaicksilver
and other property ; they then proceeded to the houses of Newman
and the other prisoners, at each of which they found stolen pro-
perty. all of which was produced and identified by 31r. Bowling's
shopman, as the property of his cmplbyer, and stolen from the pre-
mises above-stated.

The priaonera laid nothing in defence, and were fully committed
fee trial.

DUNGAIITON, JAN. 26.—The dwelling-house of IT. T.
Gee, Esq., at Lisarow, near Ardmore, in the county of
Waterford, was maliciously set on fire, between eleven and
two o'clock on Monday night, by some person or persons
unknown. The house and nearly every thing in it was con-
med. The family escaped with barely sufficient clothes
to cover them. The greater part of the house was newly
thatched. The tire was put under the thatch at the rear of
the house in four or five different places. Shortly after the
family had escaped from the }tames the entire roof fell in.
Mr. (me was well liked in the country. No cause can be
assigned for this outrage but his having some time since
distrained a tenant, who owed him considerable arrears.
A large reward will be effered for the discovery of the per-
petrators. A meeting of the Magistrates is expected to be
called to investigate this outrage.—Wateribrd Mirror.
Strawberries, in full blow, are now gi.owing ia the open
air in this plar.:.—Lirteritir Chrc,si Ir.

THE ARM r.
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R OF THE THIRD COLOL'R TO THE
SECONDESTORATION (QUEEN'S ROYAL) REI3I3IENT OF FOOT.
On Monday, the 31st January, the Third Colour was restored to
the 2d Regiment of Foot, or Queen's Royale, by Major-General
Sir Henry Totreas, Adjutant-tieneral of the British Army, in the
presence of a numerous assemblage of distinguished visitors, among
whom were several Officers who on various eventful occasions had
commanded the Regiment.
At a quarter past one o'clock, Lady Torrens, accompanied by
Colonel J. Macdonald, Deputy-Adjutant-General, Lords Darnley
and Clifton, Colonel Sir A. and Lady Christie, Admiral Sir R.
Moorsom, Major-General Barham, Earl of Dalhousie, General
Mundy, General Ramsay, Sir John Brown, Archdeacon Torrens,
Mrs. Col. Williams and sisters, lire. Cooper, llrs. John Knight
and daughters, Mrs. Cutler, Mrs. and Miss 3lundy, and the
Misses Crawford, with other distinguished characters, proceeded
from the Government House to the Parade, where this fine Regi-
ment was drawn up in line, dressed in their summer uniform, with
bayonets fixed; the regiment immediately formed squire, within
which Lady Torrens presented the Colour, which was received by
Ensign G. D. J. Raitt, and said, " May the Lamb (the badge of
the Corps) plead for mercy in the hour of victory." The regiment
immediately presented arms, and the band struck up " God Save
the King."
Sir Henry addressed his fine regiment In the following eloquent
and appropriate speech:—
" It is with his Majesty's gracious approbation that the colour Is
now restored to you, which was presented to the regiment by its
Queen, when the corps was originally formed in the year 1661,
immediately after the restoration of Charles 11. to the throne of his
ancestors. His Alejesty Charles 11. was then pleased to confer
upon the 2d regiment of the Line the appellation of the Queen's
Royal Regiment ; and her Majesty Queen Catherine, in order to
give greater effect to the distinction thus conferred upon a corps
taken under her special protection, was graciously pleased to pre-
sent it with a third colour, bearing the emblem of the Paschalleamb,
which, as a Portuguese Princess, was the crest of her own Royal
Family. The third cclour, which was green, in honour of lice
Majesty, was in possession of the regiment for ninety years, and
appears to have been lodged in the Royal Hospital of Dublin,
when the regiment was on that duty in the year leto, where it has
been recently found in a mutilated state ; and hls present Majesty
having been graciously pleated to command that it should be re-
noted to the regiment, the gratifying task of faithfully copying it
and working it for you, witn her own hands, has been claimed and
perfeneed by Lady Torrens. The Paschal Lamb was originally
eranted in this distinguished manner to the corps as the adorning
badge of the regiment ; and although the colout has happened to
be in disuse, yet the c,wistant possession of the badge has ever pre-
served to the regiment the appellation of the Queen's Royals, be-
cause the badge was the personal crest of her Majesty ; and I shall
only endeavour to point out to you how well the regiment has
served the country, under the influence of a banner thus rendered
interesting and memorable, from the ancient and illustrious charac-
ter of the royal gift, and from the association with that event which
has mainly contributed to uphold the glorious reputation of the
corps, amidst all variety of services, and which, I am persuaded,
will ever continue to hand this reputation down untaruished to the
latest posterity.
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regitri ;its services appear to have been applied in an appropriate
manner to this object. It returned to England about the time of
James the Seconds accession to the throne, and the first great and
signal service in which the corps was employed was, in repelling
the efforts of the Duke of Monmouth to wrest the throne from the
reigning Monarch. Upon this occasion the Queen's Royale par-
ticipated in the mreorable battle of Sedgemoor, fought in the year
1683, and the discipline and valour of the regiment were then so ce-
lebrated, that the very name of Kirk's Lambs conveyed a sound of
terror to the enemy, and served to keep those of the West of Eng-
land in awe, who were inclined to join the standard of the usurping
Duke. The regiment under its banner as you now see it, next ap-
pears to have been employed in Ireland-.-at the relief of London.
derry, in 1689, the battle of the Boyne, the siege of Athlone in
1690, and at the battle of Aughrim, and the siege of Limerick, in
1691. Soldiers have nothing to do eith politics, and therefore I
only advert to those unhappy times of national dissension to show,
that the regiment took a share in a succession of great military ex.
ploits, that it was true to discipline anti Its banner,and thaaamidst all
the conflicting circumstances of that memorable period, it never
lost sight cf its obedience to its officers sad its devotion to the
State. The Lamb appears to have been distinguished again under
the command of King William, in French Flanders, from the
year 1692, until the termination of the famous siege of Namur, in
1693, and, in 1704, to have borne a part in the memorable
battle of Blenheim, under the great Duke of Marlborough, of
immortal memory, where the glory of the British arms was raised
to the pitch of exaltation never equalled until the modern exploits
of our armies have shed even a more brilliant lustre around the
British name throughout the world. The regiment was also in all
the subsequent campaigns of * Duke of Marlborough, at the
battles of Ramifies in 1706, o Oudenarde in 1708, 31alphiquet in
1709, and at the sieges of Lisle, of Tourney, and Nismes. On all
these occasions, the Lamb, as you now see it before you, aceompa.
nied the Corps, and it is, therefore, a source of pride to us all who
wear the uniform of this ancient Regiment, that the Colour which
has been the companion of so many glories, should now be restored
to the possession of the Corps ; and that it should thus show, that
the distinguished character of the Regiment's ancient services, has
rendered it worthy of those modern laurels which it has gathered
under the command of the great Abercrombie, in Egypt, and of
the thrice immortalized Wellington, in the glorious and successful
contest on the Peninsula, to which the ordinary Colours of the Re-
giment bear ample testimony.
" Upon this occasion, Soldiers, I would willingly say nothing
of myself, but the present moment is so intimately associated with
my ailectior.s, as connected with her who has worked this Colour,
and with my military pride, as your Colonel, in teeing your an.
cient banner again committed to your charge, that I should really
be devoid of the feeling which ought to actuate a man and an offi.l
cer so fottunately situated, if the scene did not elicit some expres-
sion of the sentiments which> weigh upon my heart. I should fail,
however, in any attempt to say all that my feelings would dictate.
But I must assure you that I look upon it as one of the most dis-
tinguished events of my life, that I have had consigned to me. u
your Colonel, the gratifying duty of carrying into effect his Ma-
jesty's gracious commands, that this honour should be restored to
the Regiment. From the moment I attained the proud station of
your Colonel, I have laboured for your honour and advantage, and
for your standing, as an old Corps ought to stand, In the estima-
tion of the country. While I have lite I shall ever endeavour with
the same care to watch over your interests, and, although my rank
precludes me from accompanying you upon your destined service,
my heart shall be with you ; and it shall form a principal feature
in the comfort of my future life, until we again meet, to hear that
your conduct keeps pace with your ancient reputation, and to learn.
whether in quarters or in the field,—whether it relates to your moral
duties in social life, or to those against the enemies of your coun-
try, that your behaviour fulfils the hope and expectation which is
raised by your present high state of discipline."
The Regiment, with Adjutant-General Torten at their head,
then marched past the flag 'eluting, the grenadier company moved
forward and formed in front of the flag, and when the whole Regi-
ment had passed, they starched with the flag to the left wing, the
band playing the Grenadier's March. Ensign Raitt, holding the
flag then stod a ew paces in advance of the o/ours, when the
whole Regiment presented arms. Lady TorrensC then left the
ground, and the Regiment dismissed.
It is not, perhaps, too much to say, that the Queen's Royals are
at this moment a military spectacle; in discipline, conduct, and
efficiency, they can hardly be excelled. During the last twelve
months a corporal punishment has not been inflicted in the regi-
ment, nor could a stronger testimony be borne to the affection and
interest their Colonel has ever evinced for his Corps than the proud
appearance it made on this interesting occasion.
The men were entertained with an excellent dinner at the ex-
pense of their distinguished Colonel ; and Lady T., and a large
party of her friends, visited them while dining.
In the evening, a splendid ball was given in honour of the day,
at the Bull Inn, Rochester, by Sir Henry Torrens, and the Officers
of the Regiment. It was attended by the Earl of Dalhotede, Earl
and Countess of Darnley, Viscountess Powerscourt, Lady Elizabeth
Bligh, the Honourable Misses 11'ingtield, Lords Clifton and
Ramsay, the Honourable Misses Bochum General and the Hon.
VT& Monday, Miss 31unday, Mrs. and Miss Johnson, Miss
Crauford, Mrs. John Knight, the Misses Cuyler, Sir A. Barnard,
Mr. Smith, Colonel Fearon, Colonel Burgoyne and Officers of En-
gineers, Sir John Browne, and Officers of Cavalry Depot, Lady
Browne, the Hon. General Ramsay, Colonel D Aguilar, Mrs.
D'Aguilat, Colonel Macdonald, Archdeacon Tonens, Commis.
sioner Cunningham, Admiral Moorsout, &c.
The ball-room was fitted up with great taste, and supper served
in the best style. The Queen's are to embark this day, for 1
Bombay. l'ew corps will leave their country with higher re-1
putat ion.
It is a most extraordinary circumstance, that the Ensign Raitt,
who received the colours on this occasion, is a descendant of the
officer who was Ensign at the time the flag was laid aside. There
has always been one of that family in the rcgiuseut ever since it was
first raised.