The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-11 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

On Tuesday, at the afternoon dill] of the let Regi-
ment of Derbyshire Militia, now on duty at Derby, 24
officers, 19 sergeant 4, 20 corporals, 7 drummers, and
319 privates volunteered for foreign service. It is ex-
pected that many more names will be added. The com-
manding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Coke.

DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL SIR TVM.

EDWARD PARRY, KNT.

It is with sincere end unfeigned regret that we have to an-
nounce the demise of that most meritorious and distinguished
flag-officer, Sir William Edward Parry, which event happened
on the Bth inst., at Ems, whether he had recently gone in the
hope of alleviating the illness under which he had for some
months been suffering..
In every relation of life, social or professional, Sir Edward
Parry was admired and esteemed for his many endearing and
amiable qualities. Whether in the busy hum of daily public
affairs, or in his own domestic circle, he was ever the accom-
plished gentleman—there was the same bland, winning, and
cheering smile to welcome all who sought him. He was, in
short, a man of pure and unaffected piety —truly a Christian
—and was ever as-ready with his pen as with his purse, to the
utmost of his means, in supporting the naval charities, and
in doing good at all times. " Men's evil manners live in
brass ; their virtues we write in water." Would that we
had the pen to depict or the space to give to the many vir-
tues, public and private, that adorned this talented, estimable,
and lamented flag-officer. We believe that Sir Edward is
deeply mourned and regretted by all classes in Greenwich
Hospital ; for although he had not long been a resident
amongst them as the lieutenant-governor, yet from his calm,
firm, and gentlemanly deportment, combined with his un-
tiring benevolence, he seemed, as it were, to have carried in
his right hand " gentle peace."
This officer entered the navy June 30, 1803, as first-class
volunteer on board the Ville de Paris, 110, Captain Tristram
Robert Ricketts, bearing the flag of the Honourable
William Cornwallis, in the Channel, where, and in the Baltic,
lie continued employed t's midshipman and master's mate on
board the Tribune, 33, and Vanguard, 74, Captains Thomas
Baker and Henry Rich Glynn, until promoted to the rank
of lieutenant Jan. 6, 1810. In tie Vanguard lie commanded
a gun-boat attached to the ship, and 'came into frequent
action with the Danish flotilla. His first appointment after
his promotion was on Feb. 9, 1810, to the Alexandria, 32,
Captains John Quilliam and Robert Cathcart ; in which ves-
sel, besides affording protection to the Spitzbergen while
fishery, he W"
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scrva LI,A ii, pivply;l)%. for the Admiralty charts, which
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the north-eastern partfof the Si!etlaufl Islanfh3,-and of various
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places on the coasts of Denmark and Sweden. At
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for the pprpose of joining La Hogue, 74, Captain the Hon.
Th9lnas Bladen Capel On Apra 8, IA the fellewing year?

having accompanied a detachment of bodts under the order
of Captain Rich. Coots to the neighbourhood of Pettipague
Point, on the River Connecticut, we there find him contribu _
ing to the destruction of 27 of the enemy's vessels, three •
which were heavy privateers, and the aggregate burden of
the whole upwards of 5000 tons. In the course of 1814
Lieutenant Parry furnished many of the junior officers
on the Halifax station with copies of his Practical Rules
fcr Observing at Night by the Fixed Stars'-a treatise
which was afterwards published, in order to
tate the acquisition of a species of knowledge highly
conducive to the welfare of the naval service.' In August,
1814, he exchanged into the Maidstone, 36, Capt. Win. Skin-
sey; and he next, in July, 1815, and January and June,
1816, became in succession attached to the Ardent, 64, CePt•
Sir Wm. Burnaby, and Carron, -20, and Niger, 38, Captains
Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall and Samuel Jackson,
all on the
North American station, whence, in March, 1817, he returned
to England. On Jan. 14, 1818, he obtained the command of
the Alexander, brig, hired for the purpose of accompanying
an expedition to the Arctic Regions under Capt. John Ross,
with whom he returned home in the following November.
Owing to the failure of the enterprise, a new one was deter-
mined on, and the conduct of it entrusted to Lieut. Pa 1,
who was consulted in the choice both of his ships and officers.
He accordingly assumed the command, Jan. 16, 1819, of the
Hecla, bomb, and in the early part of the ensuing MaY
sailed from Deptford in company with the Griper, gun-brig,
Lieut. Commander Matt. Liddon, for the purpose of carry-
ing out the object of his mission-the discovery of a north-
west passage. In the course of the voyage, which, although
not thoroughly successful, exceeded in its general results
the most sanguine expectations of its projectors, Lieutenant
Parry penetrated to • long. 113 54 43 W. within the Arcticcircle, and thereby obtained for the expedition the sum of
5,0001., the amount of a Parliamentary reward which bad
been promised to such as should cross the meridian of 110
deg. W. from Greenwich, in the latitude of 74 45 20. A full
narrative of his proceedings will be found in a volume pub-
lished by him in 1822, entitled Journal of a Voyage for the
Discovery of a North-west Passage in 1819-20.' The Hecla
and Griper re-entered the Thames about the middle of No-
vember, 1820, and were paid off at Deptford on the 21st of
the ensuing December. On the 4th of the former month
Lieutenant Parry was advanced to the rank of commander;
and on the 19th December the Bedfordean gold medal of the
Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement
of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce was unanimously
voted to him. With the sum of 500 guineas subscribed for
the purpose, 'the explorer of the Polar Sea' was afterwards
presented with a silver vase, highly embellished with de-
vices emblematic of the Arctic voyages; and on March 24,
1821, the city of Bath presented its freedom to him in
box of oak, highly and appropriately ornamented. En'
conraged by the discoveries made during the late expedi-
tion, and by the presumption it afforded of the existence of 5
north-west passage, the Admiralty soon made preparations
for another, the command of which was again confided to
Captain Parry, who, on Dec. 30, 1820, received a commis-
sion for the Fury, bomb, with which vessel and the Hecla,
commanded by Captain George Frederick Lyon, he sailed
from the Nore, May 8, 1821. After having passed two win-
ters in the Polar regions-the first to the northward of South-
ampton Island, and the second at Ingloolik-a small island
in lat. 690. 21m., long. 81d. 44m.-the expedition, with its
grand object stil unattained, but with the acquisition of
much important geographical knowledge, returned to Dept-
ford, where the two vessels were paid off November 14,
1823. On the Ist of the following month Captain Parry
(whose valuable services had been rewarded with a post
commission, bearing date Nov. 8, 1821) was appointed
acting hydrographer to the Admiralty ; and on the 26th be
was presented with the freedom of the city of Winchester.
Being selected, January 17, 1824, to take charge of a fresh
expedition to the frigid zone, Captain Parry, on the Bth of
the following May, again sailed from Deptford, with the
same ships as on the last occasion-the Hecla, however,
being commanded by himself, and the Fury by captain
Henry Parkyns Hoppner. The following winter was spent at
Port Bowen, in Prince Regent's Inlet, where the two vessels
remained from Sept. 28, 1824, until July 20, 1825. The
Fury being shortly afterwards wrecked in lat. 72 deg. 42rein•
30 sec., long. 91 deg. 50 min. 5 sec., the Hecla was unfortu-
nately reduced to the necessity of forthwith returning, with
a double ship's company, to England. She arrived accord-
ingly in the middle of October. On Nov. 22, in the same,
year, Captain Parry (to whom the freedom of the borough of
Lynn was voted a month afterwards, in testimony of the high
sense entertained by the corporation of his meritorious and
enterprising conduct) was formally appointed hydrographer
to the Admiralty, which office he continued to hold until
Nov. 10, 182 i. At .the end of that period, having pro-
posed and obtained sanction for a plan of reaching the
North Pole from the northern shores of Spitzbergen, by tra-
velling with sledge-boats over the ice, or through any spaces
of open water that might occur, he was again appointed to
the Hecla. Sailing from Deptford, March 25, 1827, be
left the Heclain Treurenburg Bay, lat. 79 deg. 55 min. 20
secs., long. 16 deg. 48 min. 45 secs. E., June 21 follow'
ing, and then took to his sledge-boats, with which he con'
trived, by July 23, to reach a little beyond 82 deg. 45 min. a
latitude more northern than had been ever yet attained.
He then retraced his steps to the Hecla, which be brought
home and paid off at Deptford, Nov. 1, 1827. On the fol-
lowing day he resumed his duties as hydrographer to the Ad-
miralty, where he remained until May 13, 1429, a fortnight
prior to which period he had received the honour of knight-
hood. He was subsequently employed from 1829 to 1834 es
commissioner to the Australian Company in New South
Wales ; from March 7, 1835, until Feb. 3, 1836, as assistant
poor law commissioner in the county of Norfolk ; and from
April 19, 1837, until December, 1846, as comptroller of the
steam department of the navy. He has filled, since the latter
date, the post of captain• superintendent of the Royal Hos&
tal at Haslar.

" Sir W. E. Parry (who was an LL.D. of Oxford, e
F.R. S. of London and Edinburgh, and a member of the
Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg) was the
author of a small work, entitled Thoughts on the Parental
Character of God.' He married, first, Oct 23, 1826, 10°- •‘'
bella Louisa, fourth daughter of Lord Stanley of AlderleY,
whom, who died May 13, 1839, he had issue two sons and
two daughters, now living. He married a second time, June•
29, 1841, Catherine Edwards, daughter of the Rev. 8,43u,7;
Hankinsou, of Walpole, in the county of Norfolk, and rei
of Samuel Hoare, jun., Esq., of Hampstead. By that lad/. he
had issue two daughters."
By the lamented decease of Sir Edward, Captain o°llBll°
oceeda to
nq w in command of the Queen, in the Black Sea, se
of
his flag. Another good-service pension has also been ' „ f
at the disposal of the First Lord, as well as the command°
her Majesty's ship Queen.
TI. Premier will have the bestowal of a -very variable piece
vacancy „4 o,,,ciiwich Hospital caused of patronage, as the
by the death cu air Edward Parry is not in the gift of Sir 1
Charles Wood. We have heard the names of seven officio/
who have come forward as candidates, but of course nothing
as yet has been decided.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HARROGATE RACES.—MONDAY.
Two-year-old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20
added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; allowances and
penalties. Three-quarters of a mile. 5 subs.
Mr. Higginbotham's filly by lago, out of Chloris, Bst
(Watson) 1
Mr. Morris's filly by Faugh-a-Ballagh, out of Fanny
Bingham, Bst 31b ti
Mr. Dawson's Bright, Bst 21b
(Aldcroft)
Mr. T. Dawson's Announcement, Bst (Bates) 4
Mr. Bryan's filly by Melbourne, out of Mystery,
Bst 31b (J. Marson) ,

Betting-6 to 4 agst Fanny Bingham filly, to 1
agst Mystery filly, 3 to 1 agst any other.
Won by a head ; dead heat for second place with
Fanny Bingham filly and Bright. The other two
beaten off.
The Harrogate Handicap Stakes of 7 sovs each, 5 ft, and
only 3if declared, with 30 added. Certain winners
extra. The second to save his stake. One mile and
a half. 16 subs, 4of whom declared.
Mr. Knowles' they Rajah, by lon, 3 yrs, sst 10lb
(Holmes') 1
Mr. Menzie's Phcellix, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (J. Hal))
Mr. Bennett's Cardvharper, 4 yrs, Btt llb (including
51b extra)
The following also ran :—The Huntsman, Tom Per
king, and Catherine Parr.
Betting-5 to 2 agst The Huntsman, 3to 1 agst
Catherine Parr, 7 to 2 agst Tom Perkins, 5 to 1 agst
Phcenix, 10 to 1 agst The Rajah (offered)
Won by a head; half a length between the second and
third, a good fourth. Tom Perkins, who ran out at the
top turn, finished a long way in the rear of The Hunts-
man. Catherine Parr broke a blood vessel, and walked
• in.

The Amateur Stakes of 3 soya each, for tame-yr-olds and
upwards. Optional Selling weights, &c. One mile
heats. 5 subs.
Mr. Knowles's Ferrara, 3 yrs, Bst 101....(H01me5)
The Selling Stakes of 30 soya, added to a sweepstakes
of 3 sous each, for two-yr-olds and upwards, optional
selling weights, &c., three-quarters of a mile, 6 subs.,
were won by Mr. J. Scott's Louvat, 3 yrs, fist 11lb
(Aldcroft), beating Mr. Knowles's Charmian, 3 yrs, est
91b (Bates), and three others.
TUESDAY.
Grand Stand Stakes.

St. Mark, 3 yrs
fby Faugh-a-Ballagh, 2 yrs . ..
Notre Dame, 2 yrs
Won by a head. Announcement, Miss Branch, and
Meanee f also ran.
Consolation Stakes.
Maid of the Tees, 4 yrs, 7st 21b
Lady of the Lodge, 3 yrs, sst 71b
St. Mark, 3 yrs, sst 101 b
Corin, 4 yrs, 7st 51b 4
Won by a length.
Selling Stakes.

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Innkeepers' Plate.
Corin, 4 yrs
Menzie, 3 yrs
Cardsharper, 4 yrs
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Won by a head. Tom Perkins, Oaklands, Chlorin 6
and La Victime also ran.

The general ease of the money-market continues both
out of doors and in the Stock-Exchange, where loans
on Government securities are now obtainable at from 1
to 2 per cent.
EVESHAM ELECTION.—There are three candidates to
fill the vacancy caused at Evesham by the resignation °I
Mr. Grenville Berkeley, who intends to offer himself for
ClieltenLatn, also vacant from the death of Mr. Cravea
Berkeley. The candidates are—Mr. Edward Holland,
the late unsuccessful candidate for Glocestershire, Mr.
R. NV. W. Johnson, of Edgebaston, and Mr. Malin°,
brother of Mr. Malins, Q.C., member for Wallingford•
The nomination will take place to-morrow. Mr. John.
son and Mr. Malins are Conservatives ; Mr. Holland
professes Liberal principles.
THE EECENT ATTEMPT TO UPSET THE ROYAL TRAIN.:
William Groyne, the cabinetmaker charged with at"
tempting to upset the train on the South Eastern line at
Tunbridge when Prince Albert and the Duke of Call"
bridge were returning from accompanying the Emperor
;Lod Empress of the French to Dover, was tried at the
Quarter Sessions held at Maid6tone on Monday-
the evidenw:t it appeared that the train would not liar
be A)
itjured thu obstructions the prisoner had place
on the line, as the speed at the spot would have be:
very slow, and the prisoner was acquitted. He said
was unconscious of his actions at the time, but Was 11°'"
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