The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

DEATH OF SIR CHARLES BARRY, R.A.

It is with sincere regret that we have to announce
the death of this eminent architect, which took place a
little before midnight, on Saturday night last, at his
residence, near Clapham Common. This bereavement
falls in the most unexpected manner on the family, as
up to within two or three hours of his lamented decease
Sir Charles continued in the enjoyment of sound health,
which does not often fall to the lot of men who are
approaching their 70th year. On Friday he was at the
new Houses of Parliament, Westinifister, and transacted
business as usual ; and on Saturday did 80 little change
bets ten his dissolution, that he appeared even better
than usual, and passed the greater part of the day at the
Crystal Palace. Between eight and nine o'clock, how-
ever, he was seized with a fit of what appeared to be
paralysis, the worst symptoms of which progressed with
such fatal rapidity that, in little more than two hours,
Sir Charles had ceased to exist.

Sir Charles Barry, who was the architect of the new
Houses of Parliament, was born in May, 1725, in
Westminster. At an early age he was sent to school
in Leicestershire, and on his return to London made
up his mind to he an architect, and accordingly
was bound apprentice to Messrs. Middleton and
Bailey, architects, of Lambeth. It was, however,
his earnest wish to study abroad. His father
having died, leaving him a slender patrimony, he
resolved to devote a portion of his time and money to
Continental travel, and left England in 1817, at the age
of twenty-two. He was not long in any anxiety as to
his studies. In Italy the beauty and expressive power
of his drawings attracted the attention of an Englishman
of fortune about to visit Egypt, who offered the young
student to bear him free of all expense, as his companion,
if he would afford him the benefit of his pencil. The
offer was accepted ; and, after a considerable stay in
Egypt, he returned to Rome. He then travelled in
Greece, and returned to England after an absence of
about three years and a half. Soon after his arrival,
the design for a church at Brighton was thrown open
to competition, and Mr. Barry was the successful com-
petitor. For the Manchester Atheimum, a building in
the Grecian style, he was also the successful candidate ;
but the most beautiful of all his works was the Grammar
School of King Edward VI., at Birmingham. His first
work in London was the Travellers' Club, followed by
the College of Surgeons and the Reform Club. In 1834
the old Houses of Parliament were burned, and when
the design for a new building was thrown open to com-
petition, that of Mi. Barry's was adjudged the best.
The work was commenced in 1840, but is not yet wholly
completed. Her Majesty opened the Victoria-tower and
and Royal Gallery in State on the 3rd of February,
1852, when she conferred the honour of knighthood on
the architect. He was chosen a Royal Academician in
1842, and had at various periods been elected a member
of many foreign societies. His architectural works are
numerous.

A GREAT WANT IN LIVERPOOL
SUPPLIED.

THE THAMES AND MERSEY MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.

The duty of combination among the owners of ship-
ping for the mutual protection of their property, by
jiec”rance against all the casualties of navigation, has
been untVersduy neknowtengua , and the prontable
nature of the business, when conducted on a sound
basis, is an easily established fact. True, there have
been, in past times, many disastrous failures of ill-
devised and badly executed local schemes of Marine Insu-
rance, but these have taught a useful and important
lesson, and the rocks upon which these projects struck
and went to pieces are now marked as beacons to warn
the present generation. The fundamental errors in
their constitution are known and not to be repeated.
Every properly constituted and well managed Marine
Insurance company has proved, and continues to be, a
great success. The importance of such valuable insti-
tutions to Liverpool scarcely needs a word of demon-
stration. Ten millions of tons of shipping cross the
bar of the Mersey in a year, and this large
amount is daily increasing at such a rate as
to double itself every sixteen years. The total value of
these ve-sels, and the immense quantities of produce of
all kinds, as cargoes, which are thus exposed to the
manifold risks of the sea, must be something enormous.
Strange to say, however, there is not a Marine Insu-
rance Company in Liverpool ; and even the number of
underwriters who transact sea insurance business at this
port is altogether insufficient for the requirements of our
shippers. A very large annual profit is thus carried
away from this town for want of a local marine insur-
ance company. In this way it is estimated that at least
a quarter of a million of money, which might otherwise
be saved on the banks of the Mersey, is transferred to the
coffers of capitalists in other parts. We think we are right,
therefore, in describing the establishment of a marine insur-
ance company here as a great want in Liverpool supplied.
The prospectus of the Thames and Mersey Marine
Insurance Company is announced under the patronage
ilnrring f crnntlPrn"- -
win generally be accepted as so many guarantees tor its
entire success. The company is to be incorporated
under act of Parliament, and will be conducted on the
principle of limited liability. The ample capital to be
subscribed will meet all emergencies ; while the calls
wll be made at such easy rates as to make the payment
of them convenient even to the smallest capitalists.
The establishMent of such a business here will secure
economy and expedition in effecting marine insurance,
and afford adequate protection for the commerce of the
Mersey. By combining, as this company will do, the
operations of London, Liverpool, and Manchester, an
extended basis is adopted which must give a corres-
pondingly high degree of stability to the undertaking.
With the field of insurance rapidly extending, at an almost
incredible rate of increase, with such facilities for the
convenient transaction of business as will be enjoyed
through this new company, and above all under such a
sound constitution and safe direction, we feel little hesi-
tation in predicting a speedy and permanent success to
the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company.
We learn from our London correspondent last night
that this new project has been well received on 'Change,
and that the shares are at to 1 prem.

FIRE NEAR CORK.—The Cork, Erwitiver contains the
particulars of the destruction by fire, on Sunday night,
of Marino House, opposite Passage, the splendid mansion
of Mr. T. G. French, J.P.
The appearance of the Rev. James Bonwell in the
pulpit of St. Philip's, Stepney, on Sunday, brought
together a crowd of young men and girls, but there was
no disturbance. The regular members of the congrega-
tion were not present.
The Star refuses to credit a rumour so dishonourable
to a portion of the Government as one in circulation
just now, to the effect that Lord Monteagle's motion
against the paper duties is secretly encouraged by a
section of the Cabinet.

The appointment of the Rev. Dr. Thompson, Provost
of Queen's College, Oxford; t 6 the Bishopric of Durham,
is not officially confirmed, and the Post says. that though
it is quite true that the Archbishopric of York has been
offered to Dr. Longley, Bishop of Durham, his lordship's
definite answer would not be given until yesterday.

The Times refers in a leader to the anomalous coinci-
dence by which the same number of the Gazette once
announced that the Order of the Bath had been con-
ferred upon Sir H. Havelock for his heroic services,
and upon Colonel Phipps, a gentleman known only as
holding a subordinate office in the royal household.
Attention is drawn to a parallel case in the last Gazette,
which brackets as appointed to colonelcies of regiments,
Sir John Inglisi the defender of Lucknow, with. Major-
General Grey, the private secretary of Prince Albert.
BRIG ASIIORE.—QUEENSTOWN, Monday.—The brig
reported on shore yesterday, on Ballycotton, proves to
be the Diana, of Dundee, Craighead master, with maize
from Salonica. The cargo is being. discharged, and
should the weather continue favouralile, the entire may
be saved; but one-half, if not more, will be damaged
by sea-water, as the hull is three parts full at high tide.
The vessel's boats are bilged, yet it is hoped she will
get off. All the spars, sails, andrigging are in safety.

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