The Press. — London, England, 1856-06-28 00:00:00

. . . . _ ' '••••/•••••••••••41.. H .T C 4 Cl Lambeth, June 4, ItZAR. Rev. Sir,—l am highly gratified by the obliging letter in which you have communicated to me the resolution passed at the district meeting on May 29, in reference to the music in the parks. I beg the members of the dis• trict meeting to accept my best thanks for the manner iu which they have testified their approval of my conduct on that subject; which assures me that I did not misrepresent the feelings of a numerous and influential portion of her Xlitieshy's subjects in the communication which I thought it my duty to make to Lord Palmerston. I remain, rev. - Asir, your obedient and faithful servant, J. 11. CANTAI - R. Rev. S. Romilly Hall. The gallant genet al concluded his speech by thanking them for the attention they had paid him, and the in terest they had evinced in his welfare. Three cheers were then given for General Williams, Captain Tees dale, Lord Palmerston, and Dr. Vaughan respec tively. Lord Palmerston then said he trusted the Har row boys would no only follow the example set by those noble fellows who had fallen in the late war, but also remember the honour and integrity which had characterised every proceeding of the gallant de. fender of Kars.:— dle. Other witnesses proved that the plaintiff was sometintea his companion, but not frequently. Me dical testimony went to show that Buckley had been suffering front delirium tremens for three years, and a chemist stated that Buckley was in the habit of coming to his shop for what was called " a pick-me up," a dose composed of sal volatile, camphor, and orange-peel. It was also proved that Buckley could not write until be had taken his dtam in the morn ing, and that his hand was so "shaky " he was com• pelled to put his mouth to the glass on the co Mier instead of raising it, as was the usual practice. The most curious part of this painful story was that Buckley when a boy had been adopted to a certain extent by a gentleman of wealth, who first met him in the reading-room of the British Museum. This gentleman sent the boy to Oxford, where he was educated, took high honours, and finally became one of the chaplains of Christchurch, when he fell into bad company, became dissipated. then drunken, and at length died at Mason's Cope-house. The learned judge said it was a gross deception upon the public for companies which set forth that. their policies were indisputable to offer ad vantages which the policies so granted did not possess. The question for the jury to determine wag whether or net the defendants entered into and granted this policy through fraud and misrepresen tation, and whether or not ;. aware of the habits of Buckley. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, 501. Mr. Baron Martin said he trusted this would be a warning to all insurance companies to make the due and necessary inquiries before they granted a policy. Mn. ItAwintson Illicrixu., a Westmoreland farmer, living near Kendal, has been fined 81. and costs, for having taken part in a cock-fight. It appeared on the trial that cock-fights are secretly carried on in the neighbourhood. General Williams had modestly referred to his comrades as the men of Kars; but he ( Lord Palmerston) felt they were entitled to be designated as the heroes of Kars. (Hear, hear). General Williams was n. t a Harrow man, but Colonel Lake was, and his lordship trusted that the boys would always show patience under emergency, which would no doubt earn for them those laurels which the heroes of Kars had gained fur themselves. The noble viscount concluded by urging the Har row boys to think well of what General Williams had said to them, and always endeavour to serve their country to the utmost of their power. The whole of the company then proceeded toDr. Vaughan's resi• dente, where a banquet was served, at the conclusion of which the numerous visitors separated. IN EFFECTING A LIFE ASSURANCE with some so .cieties it appears that the person whose life is insured need know nothing about the matter, accor ding to the story told by a gentleman signing himself .4. Enoch Sykes, Hudderbtield," who this week writes to the Titles:— Some time ago I found, to my utter astonishment, that my life had been insured in the Athenaeum life office by three different persona, each of whom has had a policy granted, and paid the premiums ; and yet, strange to say, die whole of this business has been done entirely unknown to me and without my consent, having neither filled up nor signed a proposal, nor undergone a medical examina tion. It has been my own impression that no office could accept a proposal without the signature of the proposer and the medical certificate. If I am correct, the propo sals must have been forged or accepted without signature. If the law allows such procedure as this, it is high time for the safety of life that it be immediately altered. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT happened last week at Lord Ward's Old Park Collier), near Dudley. The pit chain used for lowering and drawing up the workmen in the skip, snapped just as the skip, containing eight men and ooys, had reached the mouth of the pit. They fell straight as a die for 138 feet, when with a fnghtful crash they struck the ground, and were literally pounded to a mass. Five out of the eight frightfully mutilated were killed on the spot. The other three lingered for an hour or two and died in great agony. The chain had only been in use two years, and was considered sound. The jury on the inquest animadverted strongly against the neglect in using an unsound chain. TILE ROYAL ORTHOPCEDIC HOSPITAL, in Oxford street, was formally opened by Prince Albert on Thursday. His Royal Highness examined the various models in the institution, and inspected the p ',bents. THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF LONDON, accompa nied with a hundred-guinea sword, was voted by general consent on Thursday to be presented to Sir William Williams, of Kars, Bart, K.C.8., by the Coon of Common Council. THE OFFICI t.L CORRESPONDENCE relating to the site of the new Nstional Gallery has been published. It consists of thrte papers—a Treasury Minute, ex pressing Lord Pa'merston's entire approval of the site at Kensington Gore ; a letter front Mr. Wilson to the Commissioners, asking if they he prepared to convey such a site ; and the reply, stating that the Commissioners are prepared to give up as much ground as is requi!ed kc. ANOTHER BOLLER EXPLOSION has occurred this week near Manchester. The boilers at the Ravens dale Iron-works suddenly burst on Monday morning, killed three men, and severely injured live more. The boiler, bad only a short time since been ex amined and pronounced sound by the chief engineer of the works. MR. HENRY LEADBEATER, well known in the mer cantile and religious world at Huddersfield, was privately examined on Saturday at Huddersfield, on a charge of forging bills of exchange with intent to defraud the Huddersfield and Halifax Banking Com pany. The examination was strictly private, and the prisoner was remanded till Thurs lay, when he was remanded again for a week. The amount involved is some 2,0001. BENARDO HENRIQUEZ, lately convicted of stabbing a fellow seaman in Wellclose-square,and sentenced to death, has received a commutation of sentence to transportation for life. Eccewratcrrres are not always "amiable." A gentleman, named Wade, residing at 4, Lorrimore terrace, Walwortb, given to peculiar, and to his neighbours "intolerable,' eccentricities of conduct, came home on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by a couple of women of the town. Cries of " Murder !" were heard from the house soon afterwards, and a labouring man, Nolan, passing by, ran up to the door, when Mr. Wade, seeing him enter the front gate, seised a sabre. and, just as Noise reached the pas sage, struck Lim a tremendous blow across the bead, knocking him down insensible, and fracturing his skull. Nolan was rescued by some passers-by, taken to a surgeon's, and sent off to Guy's Hospital, where he lies in a dangerous state. Mr. Wade then worked himself up to a pitch of insanity, but was ultimately taken into custody, examined at the Lamhetb Police court, and remanded till Nolan has sufficiently recovered to appear. A NEW LIGHTHOUSE ON TEL NEEDLES ROCK is at length about to be erected. The present one is on the mainland, close to the Needles, and is so often enveloped in fog that it is almost useless. The new lighthouse, built on the rock furthest out, will be rarely invisible, and will be a far better guide to the narrow entrance of the Solent than the existing one. SOME ANCIENT WALL PAINTINGS of the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, representing a demi figure of the " Virgin crowned, and a woman in the attitude of supplication," the entire figure of " St. James the Less," " St. George and the Dragon," with all the accessories of the story ; a figure of Beckett in pon tificals, and, in Lambardic characters, •" Beams Tomas," have been discovered in Hadleigh Church, Essex. Careful drawings are being made, as it is feared the paintings cannot be preserved. THE GREAT ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE at Prior park estate near Bath, was put up to sale this week at 30,0001.: 20.000/. were bid, and sums were offered up to 27,7501., at which bidding there was a stop. The auctioneer added 501., and said that the property was not slld. SPORTING PROSPECTS ON THE MOORS are said to b 2 tolerable. The grouse are fairly plentiful and strong on the wing, and in tint-rate condition, parti cularly in Caithness. The deer forests are well stocked. THE BANKRUPTCY OF MR. MARK BOYD was adju dicated upon on Thursday. Mr. Commissioner Funs decided that the complaints against the bankrupt were unjust, frivolous, and absurd, and that Mr. Boyd was fully entitled to a first-class certificate. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE Tuesday, latut 24. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.--Cizonou Rum), High-street, Shorediteb. corn dealer. BANKRUPTS.—Cuswow SEARLE, Warwick-street, Pimlico, baker—Mottle ALTRED Youwo. Hastings, hotel-keeper aui wholesale wine and spirit merchant—Gtoi.GE WEsT, E)thorne, Kent, grocer WILLIAM CuPRLAND STRANGE, Henley - on - Thames, bricklayer and builder JAM.S Ltrwrsi.t., Great Bentley, Essex, grocer and draper—Tuouss bfiostif. Wsrra, Manor-terrace, Manor-street, Clapham, coal merchant---SLi♦rzr. kirwsErr, Wellington-place, Southaumpton-street, Casaberwaß, tailor and draper—TuunAs Taunsit, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, ironmonger. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.—Mtansr Gow, Glaiipusi, muslin manufsetmer. Vrnbittrial. THE HAiirtow SPEFCH DAY. on Thursday, was ho noured by the in esence of Sir William Williams of Kars, who laid the foundation-stone of the chapel intended as a memorial to the Harrovians killed in the late war. General Sir William Williams, after duly laying the stone amidst great applause, came forward and said that in accepting the invitation to be present that day he hoped ho had not done wrong in bringing with him some of the men of Kars, and pointed out Caonel Lake, Captain Teesdale, and Mr. Churchill as men who had done goad service to the caantry ; have addressed you collectively (observed the gallant general), but now 1 wi 1 sad sword or two to the Harrow boys I see around me. It is strauge that we all try to be thought well of after death, and the more we progress the more tint feeling will be spread. Now of the list of names that Dr. Vaughan has read to you, of those Harrovians who fell in the war, it was my honour to know two or three of them well. Among others, there is Major• General E=t court, whom I always knew to be one of the best officers; then there was Captain Pechell, who had title and fortune, was the only son, and yet be preferred honour and glory to staying at home to enjoy that; and atter be had many times distinguished himself he was offered by his sovereign to come and join some regiment at home, very likely her Majesty's Guards, where be might have enjoyed some rest. But no, he preferred to stay where he had gained his laurels. (Cheers). It is impossible to portray the great fortitude and resignation of that noble man, and I feel sure if there had been two or three sons in that family they would have been given up to their country. I therefore hs e that these examples may be borne in mind by the Har row boys lam now addressing. Cheers). On the question of competition, the gallant general observed: I may rerhaps be permitted to say that I feel very glad to think that positions in the army are to be thrown open to public competition. Of that lam very glad, hut I must observe that we have not the books to teach those who are to become candidates. T hope the press of this country will take the matter up, and have the best. works on the Continent translated, for without proper elementary instruc tisn rothing can be done. I must also say that if it is intended to do anything, we must have the help of the Government. I only came down here to lay this stone, and having done that, I shall not detain you longer, but I have one more word to say to my young Harrow friends. There is such a thing as death in glory, but the loss of position is oftentimes felt more severely by the friends of Vie soldier. I wish to be properly understood, fur it is a fact that an evil word or a thoughtless axiom may cause the loss of a commission. If a soldier dies fighting in his country's service, his end is glorious, but if, through any miso induct on his part, he loses his position, then nothing tut an ignonunious fate is open to him. yak ant Voila. ANOTHER " INDISPUTABLE POLICY" Lrvt Assr &AVM CABE has come before the public this week. A Mr. Pridmore sought to recover 501. from the Biiton Life Association for the amount of an in surance effected by him on the life of the Rev. Theodore Buckley. The defendants pleaded that the policy had been obtained by the fraud and mis representation of the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff had become acquainted with the Rev. T. Buckley. and had taken him through the Insolvent Debtors' Court in 18.55, and had effected an " india• putable policy" for 501. upon his life in August of that year. On the 30th January last Mr. Buckley died of delirium tremens. Application for payment was made, and refused on the ground that when pro posing the life the plaintiff had stated that Bucaley was of regular habits, and had never suffered from delirium tremens. On the faith of these statements the life was insured, and Buckley having died, the defendants caused inquiries to be made, the result of whioh justified them in resisting the plaintiff's demand. Numerous publicans who were called proved that Buckley drank spirits from morning all night, anti that IN was in a perpetual state of mud- Friday. 1~ 28. BANKRUPTS—J. BaemwELL, Boyal Exchange-buildings, • •--"aer—H HALL and C HALL. New Boswell-court. cattle- floi‘ss4 timakes—Josarra F. Vaatzr, Orlllrd-street, labarroaiet— _ LIAM WILKINSON, York, corn uterthent—Looll Gamma. W i a bourn-grove. Bayswater, sculptor—S.l.)mm. ROGERSON, Sal wires trkarairre/IMlSOftetlier-4011N WILLIAM PIM-LIPS, WOR cuter, bop merchant—S.:exults Rrpor., Trwitssbery, twiner— JOSEPH TVCCEE, Souttompton, chits dealer—ltcnsaD It imsoit. Leeds, tai/ur. SCOTCH SEQUUSTRATIONS.—Jints WDotrat.a. asrs-liswis Distillery, Fort !Coniss sad Co.. Glitsgoir, vrerebossemeit—iWrixtsii Cnownt tad 1:45, - ; 61111 OW, fctruiehtirg isoutnongrtz. s e_ labs dog