The late John PALMER came of good stock. His father held a commission in the British service and was a loyalist. The dust of Gideon PALMER, the common ancestor of the Palmer family of this county, reposes in the old Dorchester (West. Co.) graveyard; his history being briefly recorded on a headstone: Gideon Palmer / late / A Lieutenant in / Delancey's Corps / Died Oct. 6, 1824 / aged 75 year. Among the first commissions issued by the newly organized government of N.B. was one to Gideon Palmer as Coroner and on the first Nisi prius Court held in West. Co. on 18th Sept. 1787, we find him making his first return. He was captain of the Dorchester company of Militia. Capt. Palmer drilled his men at Charters. It is related at a general Muster at Dixon's Island, the officers were dining together, when an altercation arose between Capt. Palmer and Capt. Henry CHAPMAN, one occupying a seat at the head of the table, the other near the foot. Capt. Chapman in his excitement shouted to his brother officer in language more warlike than parliamentary, 'You're a liar'. Capt. Palmer did not reply. He jumped up on the table where his movements could not be hindered and made a dash at his opponent, clearing the table of its viands as he went. The results are not known beyond the fact that Capt. Palmer a few days afterwards paid 6 for broken dishes. Mr. Palmer married a daughter of Christopher HARPER. He left four sons, Philip PALMER, Gideon PALMER, Marcus PALMER and John PALMER. The late Philip Palmer was a J.P. and for years a representative in the General Assembly. Gideon became one of the most successful ship-builders and ship-owners in the Province. Gideon PALMER lived, when he first came with the loyalists, at Green Hill, Westmorland Point which was then the political centre of the country between St. John and Halifax.