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Miscellaneous.
received him with great distinction , granted him a palace sufficient to lodge the whole of his family , and daily sends him the moussa , or supply of provisions , necessary for the whole establishment . Hussein is attended on his pilgrimage by one of his sons-in-law and some of his domestics .
YORK MONUMENT . — -The statue of the late Duke of York was , on the 8 th of April , raised to the summit of the pillar , in Carlton-gardens . The sum to be paid for raising the statue and placing it on the column was 400 .., the contractor binding himself to make good any damage that might happen to the statue , by accident or otherwise . The Duke appears in the robes of the Order of the Garter , the folds of which assist in supporting the statue .
It is said that her Majesty has graciously desired that her name should be placed at the head of the ladies' subscription for the purpose of restoring a statue of Queen Eleanor on AValtham Cress , with a donation of twenty-five pounds . The meeting of the Unionists on Monday , April 21 , and the procession to the Home Office , passed off quietly , and , we believe , unattended ba single accidentwhichconsidering the numerous bodywas not a
y , , , little surprising . Lord Melbourn ( very properly , we consider , ) refused to receive the petition accompanied by such a multitude in procession ; but his lordship afterwards received it , and laid it before his Majesty . The number of persons forming the procession has been differently estimated ; but we understand from a military officer , who dropped a swan-shot as each file passed him , that there were 4908 files , averaging five men each , making a total of 23 , 540 ; and that the number
of stragglers exceeded three times that amount . Ample anangevnents had been made by Government for the immediate suppression of any disturbance . The Life Guards , the Royal Horse Guards , the 12 th and 17 th Lancers , the Queen ' s Bays , the 1 st Royals , eight battalions of infantry , and several brigades of artillery , besides 1500 men of the metropolitan police , with many thousands of special constables , and officers attached to the different police-offices , were stationed in convenient
places , ready to be called out at a moment ' s notice ; but with strict orders not to show themselves at all unless called for by the proper authorities ; consequently , not a single soldier or police-constable was visible throughout the whole march , as every thing passed off' quietly .
COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN HUGH PIGOTT . —On Monday , the 14 th of April , a Court-Martial assembled at Sheerness , on board H . M . ' s ship Hastings , Captain Shiffner , to try Captain Hugh Pigott , late of H . M . ' s ship Barhain , the Commodore on -the Turkish station , for various charges brought against him by Lieutenant Henry Walker , Com . of H . M . ' s steam-vessel the Albion , while under his command . No strangers were allowed to come on board the Hastings until the Court-Martial was formed , which consisted of A'ice-Admiral Sir R . King , Bart . K . C . B ., the Port Admiral at Sheerness ; Rear-Admiral Gage , K . C . B . ; Captain Sir J . A . Gordon , K . C . B . ; Captain Barnard , of H . M . ' s flag-ship Ocean ; and Captain Shiffner , of the Hastings . E .
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Miscellaneous.
received him with great distinction , granted him a palace sufficient to lodge the whole of his family , and daily sends him the moussa , or supply of provisions , necessary for the whole establishment . Hussein is attended on his pilgrimage by one of his sons-in-law and some of his domestics .
YORK MONUMENT . — -The statue of the late Duke of York was , on the 8 th of April , raised to the summit of the pillar , in Carlton-gardens . The sum to be paid for raising the statue and placing it on the column was 400 .., the contractor binding himself to make good any damage that might happen to the statue , by accident or otherwise . The Duke appears in the robes of the Order of the Garter , the folds of which assist in supporting the statue .
It is said that her Majesty has graciously desired that her name should be placed at the head of the ladies' subscription for the purpose of restoring a statue of Queen Eleanor on AValtham Cress , with a donation of twenty-five pounds . The meeting of the Unionists on Monday , April 21 , and the procession to the Home Office , passed off quietly , and , we believe , unattended ba single accidentwhichconsidering the numerous bodywas not a
y , , , little surprising . Lord Melbourn ( very properly , we consider , ) refused to receive the petition accompanied by such a multitude in procession ; but his lordship afterwards received it , and laid it before his Majesty . The number of persons forming the procession has been differently estimated ; but we understand from a military officer , who dropped a swan-shot as each file passed him , that there were 4908 files , averaging five men each , making a total of 23 , 540 ; and that the number
of stragglers exceeded three times that amount . Ample anangevnents had been made by Government for the immediate suppression of any disturbance . The Life Guards , the Royal Horse Guards , the 12 th and 17 th Lancers , the Queen ' s Bays , the 1 st Royals , eight battalions of infantry , and several brigades of artillery , besides 1500 men of the metropolitan police , with many thousands of special constables , and officers attached to the different police-offices , were stationed in convenient
places , ready to be called out at a moment ' s notice ; but with strict orders not to show themselves at all unless called for by the proper authorities ; consequently , not a single soldier or police-constable was visible throughout the whole march , as every thing passed off' quietly .
COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN HUGH PIGOTT . —On Monday , the 14 th of April , a Court-Martial assembled at Sheerness , on board H . M . ' s ship Hastings , Captain Shiffner , to try Captain Hugh Pigott , late of H . M . ' s ship Barhain , the Commodore on -the Turkish station , for various charges brought against him by Lieutenant Henry Walker , Com . of H . M . ' s steam-vessel the Albion , while under his command . No strangers were allowed to come on board the Hastings until the Court-Martial was formed , which consisted of A'ice-Admiral Sir R . King , Bart . K . C . B ., the Port Admiral at Sheerness ; Rear-Admiral Gage , K . C . B . ; Captain Sir J . A . Gordon , K . C . B . ; Captain Barnard , of H . M . ' s flag-ship Ocean ; and Captain Shiffner , of the Hastings . E .