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held for that purpose , called I ' . w Quintuple Alliance . He a'fo attended Mr . Price ' s meeting at Hackney ; and when the society for celebrating the anniversary of the revolution met , on the 4 th of Noi ember , 1782 , Sanderson had the honour to preside . He flours now came thick upon him ; when Wuoiridge

was remcvi-d froi .- being Alderman in 1789 , he was elected ir . ins room , served ¦ the office of Sheriff with Brook Watson , and , we believe , this year received the honour of Knighthood , and rose to the prelorian chair in the ever memorable year in which war was declared against France . He stood candidate

and was elected for the Borough of Hastings . He first shewed his zeal in dispersing a debating society , and this very essential service was rewarded by Mr . Pitt , by selecting him to move the address to the King , on the opening of the session of parliament . Nothing but most ious vanity could have

egreg tempted him 10 accept such a nomination . His speech was ( says the reporter ) remarkable for bad grammar and bold assertion . His oratory made every one laugh , who was not on the Treasury bench , and decorum only

obliged them to keep their countenances . He asserted , that he was possessed of information which convinced him that seditious practices prevailed in several parts of the kn . gdom . This , we believe , was Sir James ' s first and last speech of any moment 111 lhat house . He did not go unrewarded for these exertions , lor ,

in 1794 , ' le was ei ' eated a liaronet of Great Britain . Sir James had some liine before engaged in a bankinghouse , winch severely felt the great stagnation occasioned by the war , and was further rewarded by a very warm exertion 01 government in his behalf . Sir James having lost his first v . lie ,

married some time since Miss Skinner , daughter of the worthy Alderman of that name ; a match , which , from the difference in the politics of the two Air dernien , and the dilierence in the ages ofthe two lovers , was thought rather a singular one . lie died , -ged 53 , and was buried on the 28 that btMagnus '

, . church , in great funeral pan p , ane / ided by the Lord Major , ien Aiueri . en , and the City-Oifictri , m solemn procession . 23 . Lieut . William Giffard of the izd regiment , in the following shocking manner . On the morning of the 23 d ,

about one o'clock , the Rebels had possessed themselves of the to . nn ofKildare . In about an hour after , the mail coach from Limerick arrived on its way to D"biin . This gentleman was tlie on ! y passenger in that reach . The Rebels stopped the carriage and demanded of him his name . He disdained

falsehood or duplicity ; and , though not distinguished by any military uniform , announced his name and profession wiikouthesitation . Upon Iicaritig that he was an officer , he was desired 10 come out of the coach ; and it was proposed lo him to put himself at theit headtake an oath of fidelity to theit

, cause , and lead them against the neighbouring town of Monasterevan . Ke peremptorily refused . He was told that death was the alternative ,. ' You may put me to death , " said the heroic young man ; ' but you shall not mate me become a traitor to my God and my King . " He was instantly murdered ,

pierced by an hundred pikes . The mailcoachman and guard enlisted with the Rebels . In two days after , the brave Sir Janes Duff , with the Loyal Dublin regiment , entered Ihe town oi Xihlare . It was in this regiment , in w Inch his fotherhasa company , that Wm . Giffard had been educated . Le was the darling

of every soldier in the corp . The first object which struck their eyes was the mangled body of their beloved friend . Their rage knew no bounds ; and too Kebcis , drawn up near the icwn , \ i ere instantly immolated to Ins memory ; nor uid ihe gallant ftlicv .-s ever rest themselvesafter a nr . rch of

, , 80 miles , until they had buried his reniains with military honours . Such was the nianyrdon ; , at the age of 17 , of an amiable and ii . rioctiii young gemleniiii ); unarmed and uupioyided , except with a fortitude which no years could surpass , and a courage which no danger could dismay—

' Ev'n in pur ashes live their wonted fires . ' William Giffard was one of the very ( ew remaining descendants of the Gilfards of Halfsbury and Brightley , in the county of Devon ; a family which , though now unadorned by the splendid

possessions which it once could boast , retains at least its loyalty and honouf undiminished and unsullied . His falhet is a Captain in the Dublin Militia . Th ?