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he was msde aide-de-camp to the great Duke of Wel-
lington. It so happened in those days that the Duke of
Wellington objected to officers receiving brevet rank
until they had joined their regiments. The consequence
was, that the Duke of Richmond at once joitsed his r-gi-
ment—the 521. He threw up all rho adventsgee
of staff service, which we fellows know are very great
(Roars of laughter)—end took his part as captain of the
521.—(Loud cries of "Bravo.") In the battle of Orthes,
I regret to say, he received so severe a wound that ee
suffered from it for some time, but it did not stop his
gallium, career, because I had the honour to see him come
into my quarters at flougeumont at the battle of Water-
loo, and no man has cone through more brilliant ser-
vices, which I might dilste upon, if we were not met fur
another purpose; but I may say that every one hailed
him as a fellow soldier and a gallant brother in arms.—
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e a all a
(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, as I belong to the light in-
fantry service, I bate to be long.—(Great laughter and
cheers.) His career as a soldier having passed to the
satisfaction of all, I come to his career as a statesman,
to which we are much more indebted as regards the pur-
poseeg
stronger
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ment, vvo
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ment—the rrannt :
m
ulent—the Duke of Wellington—(Great laughter and
-
icheers)—and, moreover, we find him successfully so em-
ployed, and every person who listens to me this night
bears on his person the medal for which the Duke of
Richmond so ably contended—(Great applause)—end
mem at an earlier
which, if he had had his own good will, we should pro-
bably have been assembled to'ciona orate
period. Be that as it may, we are too happy to have this
opportunity of thanking him for the services he has ren-
dered us, and most happy to see him here.—
(Cheers.)
The next thing is, I am commissioned by you, gentle-
men, to present to his Grace this testimonial, which has
been subscribed to not only by you, but I am happy-to
say by a vast number of the soldiers of the British
army.—(Loud chem.) I have now, said the Noble
Chairman (turning to the Duke of Richmond), the
greateet satisfaction in presenting to your Grace this
testimonial of the affectionate esteem and respect of
your fellow-soldiers.—(Enthusiastic cheering for some
minutes.)
The testimonial, which is as yet unfinished, some of the
figures in relief being at present represented by plaster
models, was then displayed. It was placed on a triangular
pedestal of ebony in a recess behind the chairman. The
whole is to be completed by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell,
in solid silver, the value of the plate being somewhere
about 1,500 guineas. An apology was made by the
firm for presenting it in an incomplete state, but we
understand that it will be completed by the 4th of
August.

The following is the description of the testimonial:—
On the summit of a quadrangular pedestal is an allego-
rical group, representing his Grace the Duke of Rich-
mond directing the attention of Britannia to the merits
of her military and naval powers. His Grace is repre-
sented in the centre, in the costume of a peer of the
realm, and has in his left hand the memorial to her
Ntajesty, while with his right he directs the attention of
Britannia to the figures of Mara and Neptune, the repre-
sentatives of military and naval prowess, and in the hand
of Britannia is the war medal which she is about to dis-
tributs. At the angles of the pedestal are grouped mili-
tary and naval trophies, between which are panels
containing the inscription, which is to be as follows:
" Presented on the thirty-eighth anniversary of the
battle of Vittoria to his Grate the Duke of Richmond,
K.G., by the recipients of the war medal, in grateful
remembrance of his long and unwearied exertions in
their behalf, as a token of admiration and esteem from
his humbler brethren in arms, who successfully aided
in defending their highland home throughout a long aid
arduous war, in which they gained a series of resplen-
dent victories that led to the capture of Paris, Madrid,
and Washington, and finally led to an honourable and
lasting peace."
Second, the interview of his Grace with her Msjesty in
relief; third and fourth, the names of the engagements
in which the troops were engaged to whom medals had
been given. On the base are four groups, viz., two naval,
consisting of marines, sailors and buys; and two mileury,
the first consisting of a light dragoon dismounted, light
infantryman, a rifleman, a British grenadier, and a
hussar mounted; the second, of a royal horse artillery-
man mounted, a foot artilleryman, a soldier of the line,
Highlander, and a heavy dragoon dismounted; the
attitudes selected in these compositions being those of
applause for the action of the Duke portrayed on the
summit. Between each group are panels, containing the
arms, and the lower base is empanelled with ts o military
snd two naval subjects—viz., the battles of Vittoria and
Orthes, and those of the Nile and Trafalgar, which are
placed beneath the appropriate groups. The testimonial
stands about four feet high, and will be executed in
dead and burnished silver, iu the highly finished sat le
of art for which the firm of Hunt and Haskell is so dis-
tinguished.
The Duke of RICHMOND rose, and was received with
renewed cheering. He said—My Lord Seltoun, I beg
to assure you that I feel the difficulty of the task which
your kindness and that of my old companions in arms
in the naval and military service has imposed upon me.
an happy to say that with every arm of that service
which has imposed upon me the difficult task of ado.
quately returning and acknowledging the feelings of my
heart, not only for the manner in which you have re-
ceived me on the present occasion, but for the tplendid
and magnificent testimonial of your personal good aid
towards me—l am happy to say, that in early life I was
acquainted with many of those whom I now have the
honour to see around me, and that I always regarded
them as friends and brothers.—(Great applause.) I
trust, my Lords and Gentlemen, that this splendid tes-
timonial will descend to my children's children, and that
it will be an additional reason to them to take advan-
:age of their position—to undergo the privations and
fatigues and to share the dangers of their fellow-sub-
jects.—(Cheers.) I hope and trust, too, Gentlemen,
that they will not forget the important services which
the army and navy of this country have on all occasions
rendered; and I hope that it will be an inducement to
them to take cure that the heroic deeds of times of war
are not to be laid aside and forgotten in periods
of peace. Gentleman, my humble services in
obtaining your just claims have been, by my Noble
Friend, somewhat overrated.—(Cries of " No, no.")
Gentlemen, you well know the kind and feeling heart of
our most gracious Sovereign Lady the Queen.—(Tre-
mendous cheering.) I am aware of the deep anxiety
which her Majesty, from the period of her accession up
to the present moment, had evinced in doing justice and
in promoting the happiness of all classes of her subjects.
—(renewed cheering.) Gentlemen, I felt certain that
it was impossible but that a Queen of England would
feel a deep debt of gratitude to those brave and heroic
men, who, devoting themselves to the profession of
arms, both by sea and land, have promoted the peace
which has so long continued, and maintained her Ma
jesty's illustrious family, and herself on the throne of
these her realms, and have gained forher, too, the proud)
appellation of the Queen of the Seas.—(Much cheering.)
They have placed the empire of England in the fist
rank of the ruling nations of the world. It was for these
reasons that I felt that if an appeal was really and
honestly made to the throne, and if her Majesty had ad-
visers worthy to be the advisers of the Crown, that ap-
peal could not be refused.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I
feel deeply grateful to my Lord John Russell and his
colleagues fur having, after a former Administration had
refused it, recommended to her Majesty to grant the
just request of the memorial which I had the honour to
present.—(Loud cheers.) Politically opposed as lam
to Lord John Russell and the present Cabinet. I must
say to the old war officers here present, that I never
saw any individual more anxious than he was that
your just claims should be carried out.—(Applause.)
Gentlemen, don't for a moment suppose that there is
the slightest spark of ingratitude in anything I am about
to say; but I am about to tell you, my old broher
officers of the two services, the feelings of my heart or
the present occasion.—(Hear.) I deeply regret that
t
this measure was not extended much further thanit
been. I never could understand the reason whyhh the
officers of her Majesty's navy, who iu singlehshieirp action
ii ves-
-in capturing privateers at the hazard of
in defending our convoys, or in their heroic
and haz end.
ous achievements of cutting out vessels in boats from
the muzzles of well-trained and well-manned guns
mein
heroism,
batteries, displaying a chivalry and permit
to say, which few but British seamen could
ever be
found even endeavouring to attempt—l_ never could un-
derstand .why these brave men, and the gallant splri.a
the officers, non.c,mmissioned officers, and privates, who
in every part of the world maintain th glory of olr
arms, should be debarred from participating in the
luwards they had so justly earned. I ask, why should
any difference be made between the advattled and the
rear guards,
between skirmishes usually preceding
our greatest victories, when many were struck down
by the bullets of the enemy and carried to tt •
general hospital in the rear, and thereby prevet ted
from sharing a few days afterwards in the glories of
the general battle—l ask why should they not bear on
their breasts the proof that they had been in personal
conflict with the enemy, and
cleared the way tor their
more fortunate fellows, thereby doing good service to
their Sovereign and their country?—(Cheers.) I babe
made these remarks at the hazard of trespassing too hog
upon you, because I feel that you will think the light
infantry soldier should be very quick in his movemen, s.
—(Great laughter.) Nevertheless I do deeply regret,
gentlemen, that it did not happen that these medals were
given 801310 fifteen or twenty years since.—(Hear, hear.)
There is not a single individual whom I have.eo.w the
honour of addressing, who cannot call to his mitnd some
of the best and bravest men of all grades theinnes3
fesions, who now lie cold in
perhaps, by privaions, and
totheir which Shehierargtrsavnoi
hp wear;ng the testimoniai t they were entitled,
gladdesth wstoePnre?.d"
and their country's gra-
titude.—(Loudof their Sovereign's
approbationchers.)The services which upon the
present occasion you represent have placed in every clime
in which it has been your destiny to serve, both by sea
and land, lasting memorials to the honour, and glory,
renown of the British arms, which probably have
annedverrean exceeded.—(Great applause.) You have de-
fended the standard of England at all hazards, and have
left it to your successors untarnished by the slightest
stain. May that flag never !List over the quarter. deck
of a man-of-war, or be unfurled in battle on the ensan-
guined field of war, save for the maintenance of the honour
of your Sovereign, the independence of your country,
and the protection of the wokk and oppressed of all us-