The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-07 00:00:00

REVIEWS Ole THE WORK.

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"Curtis on Nianhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and
should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times,"
23d Xarch, 1856.
"The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this
little work, in which is described the source of those diseases
which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature
old re."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856.
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is summed up all that he was. A Napier is a man
possessed of high spirits, immense courage, and in-
genuity, prodigious egotism, and a critical or theo-
retical faculty which incites to deeds of astounding
audacity. And so another Napier, another of the
" Ready, aye ready," school, is gone. We shall
never more see his ruddy, jolly countenance twitch-
ing under his broadbrim, as in his blue coat and
white trousers he trudged down to the House
heavily burdened with a speech on the sorrows of
the navy. He has fired his last gun ;he is gone to
the haven of his rest. We will forget long speeches
and wordy letters, to remember him only as he was
in his prime,—the daring and the brilliant captain.
He was born at Merchistoun-hall, in the county
of Stirling, on the 6th of March, 1786. His family
trace their descent from the celebrated inventor of
logarithms. His father, after whom he was named,
was the second son of Francis, the fifth Lord
Napier. He entered the navy at the age of 13 as a
volunteer, and served on board a great variety of
vessels, from sloops to flagships, on many dif-
ferent stations, from the North Sea to the Medi-
terranean, and from the Mediterranean to the
West Indies. These were the mighty Nelson days,
but it was not Sir Charles Napier's good fortune
to be engaged in any of the great naval battles
for which the early part of the present century is
renowned. Our cruisers, however, were on every
sea, and Napier had not a few opportunities of dis-
tinction in fighting single vessels of the enemy, in
cutting out merchantmen, and in attacking West
Indian islands, such as St. Thomas and Martinique.
In an action with a French corvette of 22 guns he
had his thigh broken by a shot. In the attack upon
Martinique he won great applause for his temerity
in scaling the ramparts with but five men, and in
planting the Union Jack on Fort St. Edward. He
won promotion as well as applause for his conduct
in a subsequent affair, when he assisted Sir Alex-
ander Cochrane (now a well-known name) in chas-
ing three French ships of the line, and in capturing
one of them—a 74. He pressed the enemy so hard,
and did them so much damage, that his Commander
made him Captain at once, and the Admiralty
were not slow to confirm the appointment. The
next that we hear of him is in the Peninsula,

amusing himself in the campaign with his cousins
George, Charles, and William Napier. Here
" Black Charles," as he was called by his cousins,
saw a good deal of land fighting—was, indeed,
talking to the other Charles when a bullet entered
the nose of the latter, lodged in the jaw, and shat-
tered the bone. In November, 1810, Charles James
Napier writes to his mother, " Black Charles is a
queer fellow as ever crossed me, and as honest a
one," and then he gives the copy of a letter which
the queer fellow, on quitting the army, addressed
to the First Lord of the Admiralty :
" Sir,—My leave of absence is just out. I don't think it
worth remaining here, for I expect you will give me a ship,
as I am almost tired of campaigning, which is a rum con-

" C. N."

The result of this appeal was an appointment 'to
the Thames, 32. In this vessel, and in the Eurya-
lus, we find him performing many signal services,
silencing:batteries, landing troops, capturing mer-
chantmen and whole fleets of gunboats, driving on
shore vessels which he could not capture, and finally
operating with distinguished ability against Balti-
more with a division of boats under his orders.

When the peace came Napier, like many another
gallant spirit, found himself condemned to inactivity.
After 14 years' waiting he found employment again
in the Galatea, on the Portuguese coast, and it
was in this period of his life that he first ac-
quired a great position before the public. In per-
forming his service for the British Government he
became interested in the affairs of Portugal, and
ventured both to express his opinion as to the
feasibility of certain operations and to exert himself
in the cause of Don Pedro. Considerable sympathy
was felt in this country for Don Pedro, and an ex-
pedition under Captain Sartorius left the Thames
in support of his claims. Eventually the command
of this expedition devolved on Captain Napier, who
succeeded in vanquishing the fleet of Don Miguel.
He encountered this fleet, consisting of two line-of-
battle ships and two frigates, besides several cor•
vettes, brigs, and a xebeque on the 3d of July, 1833.
He attacked at once, and brought the action to a
speedy close by boarding the enemy from his flag-
ship. Short as the conflict was, it was decisive, for
both the ships of the line, one of the frigates, and
one of the corvettes remained in his possession. He
was thanked for an exploit which placed the Queen
upon the throne, was honoured with the title of
Viscount Capo San Vincente, and was appointed
Admiral-in-Chief of the Portuguese fleet. Napier,
however, was dissatisfied with subsequent dealings
which he had with the Government, and especially
with the reduction of the fleet, and he soon quitted

the Portuguese service in disgust. He had earned so
much distinction, however, that it was not difficult
for him to find employment in England. He was
in 1839 appointed second in command of the Medi-
terranean fleet, under Sir R. Stopford, and he came
in for some fighting on the Syrian coast. He is a
very prominent figure in the storming of Sidon,
in the defeat of Ibrahim Pasha among the moun-
tains of Beyrout, and most glorious of all in the
reduction of Acre. Sir Charles Napier among the
mountains of Beyrout would no doubt again be
described by his cousin as " the queerest fellow he
ever came across," and as he led the British tars,
riding an ass, covered with a great straw hat,
wielding a huge stick and followed by his dog Pow,
he raised many a laugh. But if Napier on land cut
a queer figure, he appeared in a different light on
his native element. The attack on Acre was a very
brilliant affair, in which he won golden opinions,
though it must be remembered that he was only
second in command, and that to Sir R. Stopford
belongs at least some of the credit which Sir
Charles seemed inclined to appropriate entirely to
himself. We are not now going to open up a con-
troversy which has long since been exhausted. The
Admiral accused the Commodore of disobeying or-
ders, and the Commodore blamed the Admiral for
want of alacrity. It is enough to say that the
storming of Acre was at once a great military and
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England, he was appointed to the command of the
Channel Fleet.
It was now that he began to work his critical

faculty. He exposed many naval abuses, and he
suggested not a few reforms, some of which he had
the good fortune to see adopted before he died ; but
be carried these attacks too far, and rendered his
suggestions of doubtful value through the person-
ality of style which he exhibited in common with
his cousins. It is not wise in an Admiral who hopes
for employment to accuse one Minister of effron-
tery, to sneer at another as a fool, and to treat of
all with asperity. It is not wise in any man to re-
duce a great public question to a contest of person-
alities, to be perpetually complaining that his merits
are not recognised, and to insist upon it that the
neglect of his suggestions is to be explained by the
spitefulness of opponents. This, however, Sir
Charles Napier was too frequently in the habit of
doing, and he did it to the very last. When the

The following is a condensed summary of the de-
ceased Admiral's services, from O'Byrne's Naval
Biography:—" Sir Charles was the eldest son of the
Hon. Charles Napier, of Merchistoun-hall, county
Stirling, and was born on the 6th of March, 1786 ;
entered the navy the Ist of November, 1799, as a
first-class volunteer on board the Martin sloop, em-
ployed in the North Sea. In the following year
served in the Renown, 74, flag of Sir John Borlase
Warren ; accompanied the expedition to Ferrol,
and next proceeded to the Mediterranean, where
in November, 1802, he became midshipman
on board the Greyhound, 32, Captain Wil-
liam Hoste. Served afterwards successively
in the Egyptienne, Mediator, and Renommee,
frigates. Made lieutenant 30th of November,
1805, into the Courageux, 74, forming part of the
squadron under Sir J. B. Warren, at the capture
of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the
flag of Admiral Linois, and the 40-gun frigate Belle
Poule. In March, 1807, was nominated out of the
Prince George, 98, then in the West Indies, to the
acting command of the Pultusk brig, and confirmed
by the Admiral on the 30th of November follow-
ing. After witnessing the reduction of the Danish
islands, St. Thomas and St. Croix, Captain Napier
assisted in the boats of the F awn sloop at the cut-
ting•out of a Spanish merchant vessel from under
the batteries of Puerto Rico. In August, assumed
the command of the Recruit, of 18 guns, and on the
6th September fought a very smart action with,
and ultimately put to flight, the Diligent°, French
corvette, of 22 guns and 140 men. In this action
the Recruit's mainmast was shot away, many of
her carronades dismounted, sever al of her men
killed and wounded, and Captain Napier himself
had his thigh broken, but refused to leave the deck
until the conclusion of the engagement. In
February, 1809, assisted in the reduction of Mar-
tinique, where he won distinction and considerably
shortened the siege by the manner in which, with
only five men, he landed in open day, scaled the
walls, and planted the Union Jack on the ramparts
of Fort Edward. In the following April, during
Sir Alex. Cochrane's pursuit of three French ships
of the line, which terminated in the capture of the
74 gun ship D'Haupoult, he signalised himself by
the proximity he kept to the enemy, and by his
efforts to injure their spars and rigging, although
fired at by the enemy from all their stern chasers,
and for which he was posted into the prize. Capt.
Napier returned to England in the Jason frigate.
He afterwards served as a volunteer with the
army in Portugal, was present at the battle
of Busaco, and was wounded. In 1811 commis-
sioned to the Thames, 32. On the 21st of July,
in company with the Cephalus brig, was engaged
with and silenced the fire of a flotilla of 11
gunboats and a felucca, carrying 13 guns and 280
men, moored across the harbour of Porto del In-
freschi, on the coast of Italy, and also of a round
tower on the shore and of a body of, infantry on the
adjacent hills. On November 1, 1811, in command
of his own ship's boats and those of the Imperieuse,
Capt. Napier landed, with 250 men of the 62d
Regiment under Major Dailey, at the back of the
harbour of Palinuro, where he carried the heights
in gallant style under a heavy fire from the enemy,
who were in large force, and who attempted to re-
take their position after dark, but were compelled
to retire. The next day assisted in the capture and
destruction of 10 gunboats, and 22 richly laden
feluccas on the beach at Palinuro, and a battery of
24-pounders protecting them. On the 14th of
May, 1812, attacked the port of Sapri, and enforced
the surrender of a strong battery and tower mount-
ing two 32-pounders, and with an officer and 38
men, whom, in consideration of their brave defence,
Captain Napier allowed to march out with the
honours of war. On the 26th of February, 1813,

in company with the Furieuse, 36, and having on ,
board the 2d battalion of the 10th Regiment, under j
Lieut.-Col. Coffin, Captain Napier, in a most mas-
terly manner and without loss, took possession of
the island of Ponza, notwithstanding that in the
attempt he was exposed to the fire of four bat-
teries and a tower mounting ten 24 and 18-pounders,
two 12-pounders, and two 9-inch mortars. Next
joined the Euryalus, 36, and captured with her
boats the La Fortune national zebec, carrying ten
long 9-pounders and four swivels, and 95 men,
with upwards of 20 merchant :vessels lying in
Cavalarie Roads. During the winter drove on
shore in Calvi Bay the Balleine French storeship,
of 22 guns and 120 men, and compelled a gaberre
of 30 guns and 150 men, laden with stores, and a
national schooner of the largest class to seek refuge
under the land batteries. Took dart in the bril-
liant expedition against Alexandria, and rendered
such efficient service that Capt. J. A. Gordon, the
conducting officer, declared in his despatches
' that he owed him more obligations than
he had words to express.' Afterwards served
in the subsequent operations against Balti-
more. In June, 1815, the Euryalus, the
ship Captain Napier then commanded, was
paid off, and her captain nominated a C.B.
From January, 1829, until the early part of 1832,
Captain Napier was employed in the Galatea, on
particular service. In 1833 Sir Charles succeeded
Admiral Sartorius in the command of Dom Pedro's
fleet, and gained a signal victory over the more
numerous and powerful fleet of Dorn Miguel, off
Cape St. Vincent, for which he was rewarded with
the title of Count Cape St. Vincent, and with the
Order of the Tower and Sword. On the Ist of
January, 1839, he was appointed to the command
of the Powerful, 84, on board which vessel in the
following year he hoisted his Commodore's pennant
as second in command, under Admiral Hon. Sir
Robert Stopford, of the English fleet on the coast

The distribution of prizes to the successful com-
petitors at the first annual contest of the Chester
artillery and rifle volunteers, which came off last
week on their shooting ground at Waverton, took
place on Monday at Chester. At two o'clock the
artillery and rifle corps mustered in the Linen-hall,
and thence, headed by the band of the Stirlingshire
militia, marched to the Roodee, where, a few evolu-
tions having been gone through by the volunteers,
under the command of Col. S. B. Hamilton, the
newly appointed adjutant, the prizes were distri-
buted by the mayoress (Mrs. Meadows Frost), with
an appropriate address.
After the distribution of the prizes the volunteers
marched to the Music-hall, where an excellent cold
collation was provided for them at the expense of
the Mayor, who presided. Amongst the guests at
the principal table were the Bishop of Chester, the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the Marquis of Westminster, Earl
Grosvenor, M.P., P. S. Humberston, Esq., M.P.,
Col. Wilbraham, C. 8., Capt. White, R.N., &c.
The usual loyal toasts having been disposed of,
the MAYOR proposed " The Army and Navy, and
the Volunteers," which was responded to by

Col. WILBRAHAM, C. 8., who referred to the
importance of rifle matches as a means of securing
the permanence of the movement, and gave some
practical advice respecting the mode of conducting
them ; by Capt. White, R.N., and by Capt. Hum-
berston, M.P.
" The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," pro-
posed by the MAYOR, was responded to by the
respected diocesan himself, and " The Lord Lieute-
nant of the County" was responded to by the
Marquis of Westminster, who stated that there
were now 33 rifle corps established in the county
and six brigades of artillery, making together a
force considerably upwards of 2,000 men.
The Right Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., on
rising to propose the next toast, was received with
tremendous cheering. He said—Mr.Mavor,my lords,
ladies, and gentlemen, having the requisite permis-
sion, I rise to propose to you a toast which I am
sure you will drink with cordiality. It is " Pro-
sperity to the Ancient City of Chester ;" and with
that toast I mean to couple two names which will
be acceptable to you all—the names of those re-
spected persons who represent you in the Com-
mons House of Parliament. (Applause.) With
respect, gentlemen, to the city of Chester, I re-
joice to think that whilst we wish her prosperity,
we wish her that which she is rapidly acquiring.
One of the most ancient of all the cities of this
land, she has seen many vicissitudes during her
long existence. At times she has been threatened
by rivals, and some sources of her prosperity and
influence have been withdrawn, but of late years
we have seen that those great changes which have
done so much for the general development of the
energies of the country have been eminently
favourable to Chester, and that now, venerable as
she is, when she counts so many centuries of her
being, she is prepared to run a race against all
competitors, and prosperity appears likely to be
reserved for her in abundance. (Applause.) Three
years ago I had the honour in this hall of witness-
ing the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society
and it was then observed that Chester gave to that
great national institution just twice the numbers
and just twice the receipts that had ever before
attended any one of its anniversaries. (Applause.)
And now, gentlemen, with respect to an occasion at
least as interesting. When I survey the ranks that
are before me, when I reckon your numbers,
though this is not the place for figures, I believe'l
should be justified in saying that, if we compare
the numbers which Chester relatively to her popu-
lation has furnished to the volunteer force of the
country, they are far beyond the average relation
of that force to the entire population. (Applause.)
I believe, Mr. Mayor, that is true of Chester which
is true of England—namely, that whilst she is old
she is still young—(hear, hear)—and that the
blood that,beats in her heart and courses through
her veins beats and courses there with as much
vigour as at any previous period of her
long and famous career. (Applause.) Now,
Mr. Mayor, in naming to you your representatives
in Parliament, I name to you not only those who
enjoy the confidence of their fellow-citizens and
fellow-burgesses, and who, I believe, merit that
confidence, but I likewise name to you gentlemen
who have taken a distinguished part in the orga-
nisation of the force to which you, gentlemen,
belong. (Applause.) You know that one of them
whom you have heard to-day has devoted the great
influence and popularity which he enjoys, and like-
wise has given the tribute of his personal services,
to the promotion of this important cause.. (Hear,
hear.) You know that the other—l mean Lord
Grosvenor—(applause)—has been from the very
first one of the most energetic, efficient, and dis-
tinguished among all those who by giving their
countenance to these volunteer efforts have done so
much to raise the character and to strengthen the
security of this country. It is in that character
perhaps to-day that we ought chiefly to recognise
them. And now, gentlemen, allow .me to say but
a very few words on the purposes for which you
are united. I confess that I think that those would
take a very narrow view of your institution who
founded it upon any apprehension of immediateen
danger to the country. No flotibt there have been
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efforts and the great sacrifices which you have
made in a noble cause. But, undoubtedly, I must
admit that there has been in some countries at
least of Europe an idea propagated, and there
have been those who have thought it for their

the opinion that some of us hold, that commerce—
in which this country has been the standard-bearer
to the world—has higher and nobler aims than the
mere increase of wealth, that it carries with it
whithersoever it goes a mission of peace, and that
it is destined to be a bond of moral and social union
to mankind as well as the means of increasing our
command over material enjoyments. But even if
this be so, and even if England be strong, I say this
is a period when it is requisite that she should be
strong. We cannot look to the south of Europe
without seeing that there are there at work elements
of danger with respect to which it is most impor-
tant that those great Powers that sway in the main
the destinies of Europe' should be able to exercise a
qualifying and beneficial influence. We have seen
during the present year a war in progress in Italy—
a war, gentlemen, with respect to which I for one
am bound to say that I believe every friend of peace
must look upon it, if not with satisfaction, yet at
least with this conviction, that the struggles of a
gallant country to free itself from long oppression
deserve the sympathy of men, and deserve, above all
others in Europe, the sympathies of Englishmen.
(Loud applause.) Let, me, sir, add thus much. As
the rifles that we have seen today, as the uniforms
that are now before us, as all this splendour of mili-
tary parade really aims at the security and peace of
man, such is the aim of the war in Italy—(loud ap-
plause)—and if, as I trust may be the case, it be the
counsel of Providence that that country shall soon
become a free and a united nation, this, indeed, I
think we acquire from the very war that is now in
progress—a new guarantee for the permanent and
solid peace of Europe. (Applause.) There is, in-
deed, such a thing as a hollow and a treacherous
peace, and that peace is treacherous and hollow
which is only maintained by the armed force of the
stranger trampling upon the necks of men and
talking of order and of law, when in point of fact
he is himself the greatest violator of both. (Loud
applause.) Now, gentlemen, I rejoice to think
that you yourselves have contributed, perhaps more
than every one of you may have reflected on, to the
prosperous progress of that great national struggle.
(Hear.) I don't mean merely because England set
the example which after nearly two centuries Italy
is following—for in 1688, upon provocation suffi-
cient indeed, but not one-hundredth part of the
provocation that that people has endured, you took
into your own hands the settlement of your own
affairs, and established a precedent to which she is
entitled to appeal, and you will not refuse her chal-

lenge—(applause)—but, sir, more than this, you
have contributed to the settlement of Italy by help-
ing to make England strong, at a time when, as
every Italian knows, the moral influence of England
has been upon the whole the steadiest and firmest
support and the most abundant source of brotherly
sympathy upon which Italy could count throughout
the length and breadth of Europe. (Hear, hear.) I
am afraid, gentlemen, the time will come when we
shall hear again of a race, of a kingdom, of a
people who have been the cause to us in former
times of no small effort, and no small sacrifice—l
mean our friends the Turks. You did by enormous
efforts and enormous sacrifices, in a war which was
short, sanguinary, and costly in a degree beyond
all parallel—Europe did put a curb upon gigantic
schemes of restless ambition ; but at the same time
I think it would be deceiving ourselves were we to
attempt to overlook the fact that the repression of
Russia was not the regeneration of Turkey, and
that Europe has still much to do in that
quarter of
the globe before the causes can be removed and the
political horizon cleared. (Applause.) What are
the questions that will arise in regard to that
when
gigantic subject,will arise, on
andf how they
n
whose side you may be. and who may be
against you, I know not . butoud
for the sake of those
brotherly interests that prevail among men—for the
sake of the enormous boots that it is in the power of
a well-constituted courtntry to confer upon nations less
happy—l for my Pa
rejoice that, at a time when
the elements of danger are rife in Europe, and
the greatest questions stand for solution, that
at a time like that in particular England should
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liarly English. It is most true, I think, as has
that he who reckons the
well been said, volunteers
'adding a force of 160,000 or 170,000
as :'a to the
military strength of the country takes a view of
what they havnbeen, of what they will do, of what
they may be, and of what they are, that is totally
inadequate to the truth of the case. It is not to
their numbers that we are to see their real charac-
ter; for, in the first place, we well know
that if
the call of danger, if the sound of
danger were
really heard, if the call of
duty came upon you, for
every volunteer we now see before us this very city
itself would yield ten, and the multitudes that are
enrolled at this moment would be a handful corn
pared with those who would be ready to obey the
behests of their country. (;.oud applause.) But,
again, let them remember, if ever there was a move•
meat which strictly deserved the character of a
spontaneous movement, if ever there were volun-
teers that were volunteers indeed, they are those
whom I now see before me. (Applause.) Not only
was it not compulsion, but it was not encoragr.
.)
meet that created this great force. (Hear,
e
I say so the more particularly because it implies
blame to no man. it implies even a sound discre-

had been very freely opened in the first instance
this movement ever would have attained tither
its material extension or its high moral cha-
racter. There can be no difference of opinion, I
am sure, between us about:this matte. All that
is requisite to give solidity and permanence to
this movement will now, I am certain, be freely
and gladly done by any Administration ; but I
am sure you will agree with me in this, that
nothing in such a matter should be thrown upon
the public except that which cannot be done by indi-
viduals, for the real value and the real energy, the
real fruit and profit of this manifestation, depend
upon the maintenance of such a principle as that.
And now, gentlemen, by this manifestation you
have produced indeed a most favourable effect upon
the world ; but you have likewise contracted a very
solemn engagement before the world. Let me,
above all things, now commend to your considera-
tion the one subject that transcends all others-4
how your movement is to be made a permanent part
of the organisation of the country. We may come
to times when perhaps either danger may be less or
we may be less alive to it; but I think you will
agree with me that if, as this force has come rapidly
into existence, so the energies which have created
it were by and by rapidly to disappear, the good.
will which has hitherto existed were to flag, and
the force were to dwindle from point to point over
the surface of the country, that you will have done
little indeed to add to the permanent reputation
and character of England ; and many, sir, as aro
the obligations which we owe to you for having
gathered us together on this festive occasion,
think the greatest fruit that we can promise our-
selves from such a celebration is this—that every
man who has assisted at it shall go home carrying
in his mind the strong conviction that his duty does
not terminate with one or with another of these
parties, of these reviews, of these competitions, car-
ried on at a period when the public mind generally
is in a state of lively interest ; but that he will most
truly serve his country in connexion with the
volunteer movement—not who contributes most to
the momentary splendour of that development, but
who contributes most to give solidity and perma-
nent efficiency to your organisation. (Applause.)
Mr. Mayor, those are the sentiments with which
I for one regard this great institution. I will not
say, sir, that I hope you will again summon us
some years hence, when again occupying with the
same dignity the civic chair. We may not always
be so fortunate as we are to-day; but, whoever be
the first magistrate of this city, this at least we
may be permitted to hope, that he will find that
when the severe test of time is applied to the ener-
getic sentiments of the present moment they will
bear that test—(hear, hear)—and that not in 1860
only, but for many years to come, you, and those
who form your noble fellowship throughout the
land, will continue to give, as you give us now, no
note of defiance to other countries, no symptom of
a tendency to disregard or undervalue the rights
of those who inhabit other countries, but a deter-
mination to defend your own rights, to maintain
and to hand down to your children what you have
received from your fathers, and to afford convincing
proof to the world that, even amidst those pursuits
of peace which have raised this country to so re-
markable an elevation, you still are prepared to
remember in ease of need what has made your
fathers famous, that the heart of England still
beats within your bosoms, and that you intend
that she shall never derogate as from the other
fruits so from the martial fame and the heroic
bravery of her former years. (Loud cheering,
amidst which the right hon. gentleman resumed
his seat.)
Lord GROSVENOR, M.P., responded to the toast,
and several other toasts followed.
The dinner was followed by a volunteer ball,
held in the same room, commencing at 8 o'clock.