The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-10 00:00:00

1,0111) DALUOUSIE.

(From the Glasgow Courier, Aug. 4.)

Saturday,.a public dinner was given it% the
Assembly Rooms, Greenock, in compliment to the Right,lion.
the Earl of DALHOUSIE, Captain-General and Govizno-r-in.
Chief in and over the British Provinces of North America, pro.
vious to his embarkation to resume his administration in that
quarter of the globe.
The CHIEF MAGISTRATE in the Chair. •

JAMES WATT and JAMES RAAISAY, Esqrs. Croupiers,
There were present on this occasion, as guests or otiterwtse,
the Right Hon. George Earl of Dalhousie,' the Hon. David
Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk Of Scotland ;• Sir Gabri,.l Wood ;
the lion. Colonel Ramsay ; .General. Campbell .of hochnell ;
Archibald Campbell of BlythswOod, Esq. M.P. ;
.Alexander
111‘1..ean, Esq. of Ardgower ; Fox Alatile, Esq. younger of
Panmure; Alexander- Dunlop, Esq. of • Keppoch ; Captain
Leeke and Officers of 'H.- M. yacht Herald; Captain- Roch-. 4
fort and Officers of 1-1. M. S. Nimrod; the Gentlemen of the
Staff of the 'tight Honourable the - Earl of Dalhotisie ; John
Colin Dunlop., Esq. Sheriff of the County; Robert Wallace;
Esq. of Kelly ; the Rev. Dr. Scott and the Rev. Mr. Stone ,
and upwards of one hundred of the merchants and inhabitants
of Greenock.

The Chief Magistrate, after the clod) had been withdrawn,
proposed the usual loyal toasts, viz :—" The King," " The
Duke of York and the Army," and " Lord Melville and the
Navy," which were all received with enthusiasm ; he then rose to
propose the health of the Earl of Dalhousie, who had that, day
honoured them with his company at dinner. Mr. &tine justly
remarked that the. pre-eminent rank his Lordship held in the
service and estimation of his country, rendered it unnecessary,
for him to indulge in any lengthened encomium, and in a -few
but well chosen and impressive remarks he congratulated the
meeting on the honour they enjoyed in having him that day as
a guest.
The Earl of Dalhousie rose to reply to the observations of
the Chief Magistrate. he was pleased to say under feelings
which it was Very difficult for him adequately to express.—He
had come here merely with the expectation of going on hoard of
ship, to proceed to,the place of his destination ; but when he
found himself as he now was, surrounded by so large and re-
spectable a body of the merchants of this district, he could not
but feel that he was unworthy of such an honour. He could
not ,at tribute to any thing. he had done the kindness as
well as the high distinction with which they honoured him. ,
'Unable to do justice to his feelings, he could only assure them, '
that when arrived in America they would Lind he had not for-
. gotten their kindness. His Lordship then proposed the health
of the Chief Magistrate and the Inhabitants of Greenock.
The health of the Lord Justice Clerk having been received
with much applause, his Lordship said that he felt himself ex-
ceedingly gratified by the circumstances of this day's meeting.
He had come with the expectation of meeting his old and noble.
friend on this occasion, which, in itself, was a pleasure to him
that he highly valued ; but that pleasure was greatly increased
by meeting him in so large a body of respectable men, met
together to pay this high mark of respect to his friend. The
distinguished merits of his noble friend, as a hero in the field,
were matter of history and of general notoriety in his country ;
on these, -therefore, he would not enlarge. It was just, how-
ever, to add, that his services in the government of the provinces'
which his Sovereign had confided to him, were of a description
which entitled him to the approbation and affection of his &tun-,
trymen. His great merits'were universally admitted in that
situation. Again he alluded to the respectability of the meet-
ing, and concluded by saying that it was equally creditable to
his Lordship and to the inhabitants of Greenock.
General Campbell oft ochnell's health having been toasted,
he rose to express his thanks and his feelings., He had touch
pleasure in meeting his noble friend under the Circumstances in
which he met him this day: He had been in early life the
companion in arms of his Lordship, and had ever since watched
'his progress in eminence anti in usefulness with peculiar plea-
sure. He was also much- pleased with the great advancement
Greenock had made as a community. It was now a great port,
and long might .it continue so. He then proposed the health
(tithe wives and daughters of the Magistrates and Merchants
of Greenock. This toast excited much merriment, the two
worthy Civic Governors being as yet uninitiated in the holy
rites of matrimony.
Lord Dalhousie left the room about 10 o'clock, having pre:.
viously proposed, with some appropriate observations, the
" Land of Cakes." The feeling with which lie described the
impression that toast produced when given among his country-
men in the land to which he was travelling, chewed that Lord
Dalhousie is at the heart a Scotchman. _

The Chief Magistrate retired about eleven, when James
-Ramsay, Esq., the Junior Magistrate, was called to the
Chair.
Among the other toasts of the evening were the follow-
ing : -
Lord Lieutenant, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart—Duke of Wel-
lington—Mr. Maxwell, Member for the. County—Air. Camp-
bell, M.P.—General O'Callaghan, Commander of the Forces
and the N. B. Staff—Countess Dalhousie—Earl Cathcart—Earl
of .Glasgow— Lord Blantyre—Lord Ramsay—The Sheriff, Mr.
Dunlop—Capt. Leeke and the Officers of the Herald—General
Vincent, Lieutenant-Governor of Dumbarton—Lord GreZnock
—Stewart Nicholson, Esq.
Several professional singers entertained the meeting, the
pleasures of which were prolonged to a late hour.

In the afternoon of Monday, the Chief Magistrate received
the following letter from the distinguished Nobleman who had
just proceeded on his voyage, inclosing the very handsome do-
nation of Fifty Pounds for the use of the charitable institutions
of Greenock :

On board the Herald, Aug. 1, 1825.
Sin—lt is impossible that I can leave the port without ex-
pressing to you how much I have felt myself honoured, by the
notice of the Magistrates and, Merchants of Greenock, within
these few days. I shall ever recollect it with pride and with
gratitude.
I beg you will do me the favour to appropriate the enclosed
donation to any charitable purposes you think proper in the
town—it is the only way in which I cau express my obligation
on leaving you.
Your much obliged and most obedient,
DALHOUSIE.
Mr. BAIN, Chief Magistrate of Greenock.

On Monday Se'nnight, as the Earl of SEFTON
was proceeding in his carriage with two pair of
post horses, from this town. towards Winchester,
one of the leaders suddenly fell near the Sun inn,
Popham-lane, bringing Murrell, the rider to the
ground beneath him. Several minutes elapsed,
before the unfortunate man could, be extricated
from his perilous situation which was not effected
without his sustaining considerable injury. His
Lordship directed the sufferer to have immediate
recourse to surgical assistance, accompanying his
recommendation with a present, and promising,
with humane condescension, to make enquiry re-
specting him on his return.

About a month ago, a bard fancier in the ham-
let of Walton, named Whitby, sold a thrush
there to an intinerant fishmonger from London,
who took it with him to the metropolis. The
thrush was well known to be a choice bird, and
brought the feeder the sum of three half-crowns.
Yesterday se'rmight, three weeks within two
days of the time he sold it, Whitby was surpris-
ed by the
appearance of the bird in his court,
and put out the cage to entice him. There was
then, however, another' thrush within it, and the
former inmate declined to enter. Whitby, sus.
the cause of his aversion, removed -the
Petg
interloper,eiu and then, without he.itation, the old
incumbent retook possession of his cage.—(Bucks
Chrotucle.)