The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-14 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL TO A VETERAN 0:

THE

ROYAL SEVENTH DRAGOON GUARDS.
On Friday evening, the 23d instant, the Sergeant•
Majors and Sergeants of the 7th Dragoon Guards, quar-
tered at this place, assembled at the Allen Arrrs, in the
vicinity of the Cavalry Barracks, for the purpose of pre-
senting a silver snuffbox to their late Paymaster,
Sergeant J. G. Hamilton, as a token of their esteem and
regard for this itaiividual.

Sergeant Major Smallwo3d, after a suitable address,
presented the box to Mr. Hamilton. It was of rich and
elaborate workmanship, and reflected much credit on its
makers—Messrs. Lewis and Son, of this place. The
following inscriptio❑ was beautiful►y engraved on it
" Qulnda ullurn ins,,enietnus parem.
"Presented by the Non- commissioned Officers of the
7th, or Princess Royal's, regiment of Dragoon Guards,
to Paymaster Sergeant-Major John Gray Hamilton,
whose reputation and long meritorious service in the
above corps (upwards of 32 years), has caused them to
offer, as a memorial of their esteem and respect, this
trifle.

" Brighton, February, 1849."
Mr. Hamilton, in a very touching address,
the
rentuurmnbed his
t.
thanks to his late comrades, alluding to
years he bad served as a Noncommissioned Officer alser o
(upwards of 22 years).
Mr. Hamilton was granted, on his discharge, a pension
of 2s. id. a day; a gra•inty of
,15/.; a silver medal for
"long service at d gold servlce,' and an annuity of 201.
with silver medal for "meritorious service. —Brighton
Herald,

TIIE New CHU CHIT 11 EDNESBURY.—SaIIIUei
Addison, Eq., haulier, of Wednesbury, has contributed
the sum of 7001. for the completion of the tower anc:
spire at St. John's Church, in that place. Mr. Addison
gave 5001., in addition to the site, towards the erection
of the church.
EXCURSIONS BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN.---A
novelty in railway excursions is to come off in May,
namely, a hip between Dublin, London, and back, fur
two guineas, via the Chester AL d Holyhead and North-
Western.
EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.--MYS. Bains, II
farmer at Stiekney East Fen, has an ewe which lambed
a pair, one of which died, and the other sucked its dam
for a fortnight, when the ewe lambed another pair, a hich
are now living and healthy. The first lamb would not
suck after the ewe had yenned the secoad pair, and Mrs.
B. sold it for ss—Lincoln Mercury.
EXPIRING Lews.—The report of the Select Com-
mittee upon expiring laws, appointed on the 2d of
April, was published yesterday. It shows that there are
now 62 temporary Acts in force,:which will Expire in due
course, if not renewed by Paliament. The number of
expired laws in the year 1848 amounted to 3,

HULL.

" I told thEr' neighbour, thou wvst an bonest man,
Yea! a god m tin—yet thou ktltest fivinness."

Edward the First founded this borough, and
grdnred it great freedom, privileges, and immunities,
honoured it with the royal appellation of Kingston,
and cLustd a manor•ball to be erected for hirnEelf. In
the month of September, 1448, his Majesty Henry
VI. visited Hull, and was received with the loudest
acclamations. In 1541 Henry the Eighth and his
Queen passing trough Lincolnshire, within a few
miles of Kingston-upon-Hull, with which circumstance
the then mayor becoming acquainted, he deputed the
sheriff, with a numerous train of gentlemen, to meet
his Majesty near Newland. The sheriff, after paying
a very polite and sensible compliment of welcome,
kissed the white rod he carried in his hands and de-
livered it to his Majesty, who returned it again to the
sheriff. A little out of Beverley Gate the mayor and
aldermen stood in their fortnalities to receive their
Majesties, at the sight of whcrn neither words nor
demonstrations were wanting to testify the meat
hearty welcome and to show the loyalty and fidelity of
the town. During the space of three days, the King,
the Queen, and their numerous retinue were magnifi-
cently and splendidly entertained. His Majesty then
left for York, and on his return again visited Bull,
where he continued five days.
In 1639, King Charles being at York was induced
to take a view of Hull ; the Mayor called a bench,
and it was unanimously ordered, that the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Recorder, in their scarlet gowns, cc
companied by the principal inhabitants, should attend
at the gates to receira his Majesty ; that rails should
be made for forty people to stand in ; that the place
for the Mayor and Aldermen should be elevated
higher than the rest, and the rails covered with rich
carpeting; that after saluting the King, the Mayor
should, on his knees, deliver to his Majesty the keys
of the town together with a purse containing one
hundred pieces of gold. The Recorder was to pre-
pare a speech, and several other directions were given
to show the utmost zeal and fidelity to his
Majesty, and full assurance of most sincere loyalty.
Ilis Majesty remained in Hull one night.
Such are the abstracts we have made from the his-
tory of Hull as regards the visits of royalty ; we now,
in confirmation of the remarks published in our im-
pression of the 10th instant, from a correspondent,
give the following paragraphs from the Hull press,
merely directing attention that on the occasions
referred to the then mayors took the initiative; in
Henry VIII.'s time it was the mayor that deputed
the sheriff ; it was he that called the bench to arrange
for the reception of Charles; but it is the present
iliayor of Hull who h,as not deputed the sheriff, as far
as is publicly known, to meet his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, although his Royal Highness is on
the eve of visiting Lincolnshire. It is the present
Mayor who has not attempted to induce the Prince to
take a view of Hull. The inhabitants, however, are
not to blame, they would have felt much pleasure in
showing their loyalty and fidelity to her Majesty
Queen Victoria through the medium of her Royal
Consort.

(From thy-Ilull Eastern Counties Herald.)
We have given in other columns an outline of the ar-
rangements which are to be observed next week, on the
occa ion of the visit of Prince Albert to this neighbour-
hood. The visit is to Lincolnshire. and so far all the
plans are confined to that county. It is known, how-
ever, that his Royal Highness will touch at New Holland
on his route from Brocklesby to Grimsby, which is to
be the great focus of the day; sad there is a strong feel-
ing in Hull that our municipal body should avail them•
selves of the Prince's presence on the opposite shore of
the Humber to express the loyalty of their constituents
through the medium of an address, or in any other way
which may be more agreeable or convenient to the royal
stranger. Alere formality or—what is still worse—for-
mality shrouded in red garments and typified by brass
rods or gilded sticks, is not necessary, and in these days
is really ridiculous; but a distinction may be drawn be-
tween this and the quiet expression of respect which is
suggested as desirable. ,True loyalty comports best
with manly self-respect; with fulsome flattery and
fawning sycophancy it has no legitimate alliance. The
corporation of the Trinity-Howe of this town will pro-
c,.ed to Grimsby in their yacht; and it is hoped that the
Mayor and his fellow members of the municipal body
will fell.)w the exan.ple, and thus be enabled to ccnvey
the gratulations of their townsmen to the Consort of her
Majesty.

(From the Bull Packet.)
We have been more than once asked, what steps the
Mayor and Corporation of this town intend taking on
the occasion of the visit of his Royal I ighnes. Prince
Albert to the neighbouring port of Grimsby ? We fear
we must say—none whatever. The Mayor, we have
been given to understand, has felt strongly disposed not
to allow the opportunity which will occur next week ot
manifesting lo) alty and attachment to the family upon
the throne to pass r unimproved; and we know mi-
me rous gentlemen in the town are ut alike opinion. Un-
fortunately, however, (as we cannot but think,) his
Worship is supposed to have clef( rred to tbo judgment ot
.some of his Itad.cil brother councillors, who—either
nut cherishing very warmly any sentiments of loyalty,
or (witely, perhaps) distrusting their own cspaciey to
play ever Sq humble a part in the courtly feseiviles at
lirocklesby, have take n upon themselves to advise a con
teary course. The) advise his Worship i.nd the Corpo-
ration to stay at home ; to ignore altogether the visit of
his Royal iiighue.s in the vicinity of our port ; and
thus by their silence leave it to be inferred that the
presence ot lio)a!ty gives them no pleasure, and
that the husband 01 the best Sovereign who
ever sat on Britain's throne hal neither lot nor part
in the sympathies, esteem, or odeniration of the iehabi
tanta of the fourth part of the realm. We sincerely re-
gret that the Mayor should have followed this advtce—
or at all events that he should have neglected to convene
a meeting of the corporation to consider the matter. It
may be that a majority of the members of our Tease
Council have such is true self-estimate as to feel them
selves altogether unfit to se:dress or even stand in the
presence of Royally; or it may be that a majority care
neither for Queen, Consort, ner Throne. Well, be it
so. But by all means let the Corporation have an oppor-
tunity ot openly declaring either its own unworthiness or
disloyalty. Tire inhabitants of Hull, generally, we re-
peat, are not only 'eye!, but anxious to manifest their
loyalty; and unless the Mayor convents a special meet-
ing of the Corporation to consider upon the matter, on
torn will rest the emu of having allowed the estimable
Consort of our gracious Sovereign to stay two days in the
immediate neighbourhood of the fourth port in England,
without receiving one single assurance that the Royal
Family which be represents possesses the affection and
devoted esteem of any one of its 80,000 residents.
(From the Hull Adocrt4er.)
Of course, the engrossing topic of coeversaticn at Hull,
at present, is the visit of his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert to Lincolnshire, on Tuesday and Wednesday next,
and yet, as tar as the authorities of the town are con-
cerned, no arrangements have been preconcerted iu which
Hull may be duly represented in its loyalty to her Ma-
jesty's Roy al Consort. In another page will to found
our Lincoln correspondent's stateuo nt of the ridiculous
trepidatiou into which the functionaries tf that city have
fallen, from a dread lest they should nut sufficiently and
appropriately attest their respect for his Highness. Now,
we du u. t wish the Corporation of Hull to imitate the
1 Corporation of Lincoln, in sending our respected Town-
Clerk as far as London, to c, reify the mayor, aldermen,
and councillors of the colour, cut, and quality of the
robes which should be worn on their presenting them-
stl,es before the representative of cur must gracious
Sovereign, but it does betray some lack of public spirit
in the town that, notwithstanding there is a probability
of Prince Albert landing at Bull, the Corporation has
not been aim mbled to deliberate on the Lest means of
giving his Highness a suitable reception. We understand
his Worship the Mayor will be present at Grimsby, but
not in his capacity as the head of the Corporation of this
town or chief magistrate, but as the Admiral of the Hum-
ber. If, however, the public bodies in that town are le-
thargic in the matter, we believe the inhabitants generally
will not b-. We know that there is in many quarters a
wish that Wednesday should be kept as a general holiday,
and a combination amongst the i rincipel shopkeepers to
keep it as such may easily be made.
PRINCE ALBERT 111 II CLL.—It is strange that the only
intimation of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's crosa-
ing the Humber to Hull should have been received not
by any of the dignitaries of the town, but by the enter-
prising lessee of the Queen's Theatre.