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mainder having been expended upon an obelisk of
polished Aberdeen granite, designed gratuitously by
Mr. P. Hardwick, R.A. The site of this obelisk, is
the quay of Greenwich Hospital, in the hall of which
a monument is about to be raised to the memory of
Franklin and his associates. The name of " Bellot "
is cut in large letters upon the shaft of the obelisk,
so as to be visible from the Thames, and a bronze
tablet has been affixed to the opposite side of the
pedestal, bearing the following inscription, which
may be read by all persons passing along the
(IdaY
To the intrepid young
BRLLOT,
Of the French Navy,
Who, in the endeavour to rescue
FRANKLIN,
Shared the fate and the glory of that
illustrious navigator.
(From his British admirers.)

TILE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS for tha past
week show a mortality of 1,118 against 1,737 births
registered in London.

roVintial.

SIR CoLIN CAMPBELL was presented on Tuesday
with the Ireedom of the city of Glasgow, and with a
sword of honour, for his distinguished anti glorious
services since 1808 in Spain, Portugal, France, India,
China, and the Crimea. The ceremony of presen-
tation took place at noon in tho City-hall in the pre-
sence of a crowded audience. Outside thousands of
spectators assembled to welcome the gallant general,
and received him as he passed through the streets
with enthusiastic cheers. The Lord Provost, accom-
panied by Sir Colin Campbell, entered the City-hall,
amid tremendous cheering, at noon, and as soon as
silence was restored addressed the gallant general
in a brief speech, recounting his principal services,
and, characterising him as " one of the bravest of
the brave," in the name of the citizens presented
with the freedom of the city inclosed in a gold box.
Sir C. Campbell, on receiving the diploma, said :
My Lord Provost, ladies, and gentlemen,— On arriving
today in my native city, after an absence of upwards of
halt' a century, it has become my lot to receive this civic
honour, and it is also intended to confer another honour
of a military kind. (Cheers.) These both coming from
my townsmen, it is hard to say which I value most highly.
I can say that I shall always be ready to draw the sword,
about to be presented to me, in defence of my freedom.
(Great applause.) I shall always value, as I ought to do,
highly and gratefully, the manner of my reception today,
and the great honour conferred and about to be conferred
on me. The recompense which I desire to give you is in
every possible way to do my duty to my country. (Sir
Colin sat down amid tremendous cheering.)
Sir Archibald Alison then rose, and in a clear con-
cise speech took a rapid review of the gallant ser-
%ices of Sir Colin Campbell from the time when the
British armies first landed in Spain in 1808, includ-
ing the glorious battle of Vimiera, the retreat of
Corunna, the defence of Tarifa, the forlorn hope in
the assault of St. Sebastian, the battles of Barossa
and Vittoria, the passage of the Bidassoa, the cam-
paign of America in 1814, the Chinese war, the
conquest of the Punjaub, and the battles of Ram-
nuggur, Chillianwallah, and Goojerat, the subjec-
tion of the hill tribes and Iskakote, and, lastly, the
Crimean campaign :
You there found (continued Sir Archibald Alison) a
field worthy of your renown. You were there to confront
the best troops of continental Europe, to fight side by side
with the victors of Austerlitz, and to measure swords
with the conquerors of Leipsic. But if the crisis
was perilous you proved yourself equal to it. If the
danger was great, great also was the glory won, great the
triumph achieved. It was your moral resolution, which,
at the decisive moment, brought forward the Highland
Brigade, along with the Guards, to the attack of the key
of the enemies' position in the Alma; it was your un-
daunted personal courage which led you at their head
into the midst of the enemies' tirailleurs, and, though
your horse was shot dead under you, enabled you to plant
the British standard on the blood-stained Russian in-
trenchments. Military historians of all countries concur
in ascribing to that splendid attack the glorious victory
which eventually followed it, fraught, as the event proved
after an arduous struggle, with the ultimate fate of the war.
Sir Archibald Alison then alluded to the repulse in
line of the Russian cavalry at Balaklava, the perfect
administrative talent shown by Sir Colin Campbell
during the winter in the preservation of the High-
land Brigade, and the anticipated assault of the
Redan by the Highlanders on the morning of the
9th September :
Since that time (concluded Sir Archibald Alison), I
speak the voice of the whole army and of its highest and
noblest leaders, when I say you have not occupied the
position in it to which your long and glorious services
entitled you ; but though I may, in common with others,
lament that for the sake of your country, I cannot but re-
joice at it for the sake of yourself. It has brought to light
the inherent nobleness of your character, which right
otherwise have remained concealed. It has shown that in
the achoel of Wellington you have learnt not only to cou-
pler others, but to subdue yourself ; and, like him, you can

SATURDAY,

subjugate the strongest feelings of a personal kind at the
call of patriotic duty and a chivalrous devotion to a revered
sovereign. Yielding to natural and well-founded feelings,
you returned home in spring last ; but at the call of your
Sovereign and your country you rejoined your gallant
soldiers, prepared to brave alike the hardships of a cam-
paign at the head of your corps d'armie in the waterless
mountains of the Crimea, or sustain an arduous struggle
in the snowy ridges of the Caucasus. You did this at a
time when most men would seek—and none were so well
entitled to find—repose after the fatigues of a life of glory
—proving that you are alike superior to the love of ease,
the first wish of ordinary minds, and the whisperings of
ambition, the last infirmity of noble ones.
When the learned sheriff presented the sword the
whole audience rose, and gave three hearty and en-
thusiastic rounds of cheering. Sir Colin Campbell
replied:—

Sir Archibald and fellow-countrymen, I was quite unpre-
pared fur the eloquent manner in which this honour has
been done me. I can never forget the reception I have
met with on this occasion, and the honours which have
been conferred upon me, surpassing, in amount of recom-
pense, all the services I have been able to perform. There
is another party who ought not to be forgotten on this
occasion. I owe alt this to my hardy veteran soldiers of
the Highland Brigade—and to them is the honour due
for what you have now conferred on me. This should not
be forgotten—that these are conferred in their name as well
as my own. (Tremendous cheering.)
On Wednesday the gallant general was entertained
at a magnificent banquet at the Town-hall. Up-
wards of 800 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Sir Cohn
Campbell returned thanks briefly for his health,
drunk with the most tremendous cheering and
applause, and with modest diffidence remarked :

I have served in all parts of the world ; but I believe
that my name has become principally known to you from
the acc.dent of my having had the good fortune to be ap-
pointed to the command of the glorious Highland Brigade.
(Cheers.) It is to the valour of those soldiers that I have
the honour of meeting you here, and for having conferred
upon me the honour of a burgess of Glasgow.
Colonel Stirling, in returning thanks for Sir Colin's
staff, said
Sir Colin Campbell was the soul of the brigade.
His men were congenial with him, and, with him as
their leader, they would not have feared to do any-
thing. Here, where he was only known to be appreciated,
and where his activity was so well known, an opportunity
was taken to place him under the command of a junior
officer. (Cheers.) How nobly, and with what chivalry,
did he return and serve under that junior officer—(en-
thusiastic cheering)—has been seen by the army and by
the country. The reason why he was placed in such a
position, after rendering such brilliant services, I cannot
see. Iris probably one of those mysteries of which we are
unable to receive a satisfactory solution. (Laughter.)

THE HLILEYBURY PRIZES were distributed last
Friday, on the closing of the first term of this year.
Mr. McNeil, son of Dr. McNeil, stood highest on
the list for prizes, winning no less than four medals
and three prizes for his proficiency in the various
studies of Sanscrit, classics, mathematics, political
economy, &c.
THE RATEPAYERS OF HERTFORD have agreed upon
abolishing the c•xaction of Church-rates from Dis-
senters.

A MONUMENT TO THE LATE MR. HUME W6S agreed
upon last week at a public meeting held at Montrose.
THE MURDER AT SPONDON continues enveloped in
mystery. The inquest on the body of Enoch Stone
was adjourned till Monday next. Two Irishmen
and a sailor, in custody on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the murder, have been discharged for want
of evidence. A woman, named Susan Caroline
Williamson, is, however, still detained on the charge.
A communication has been received from the Home-
office authorising a Government reward of lOU, in
addition to that offered by the inhabitants, and a
free pardon to any accomplice not being the actual
murderer, who shall give such information as shall
lead to a conviction.

Lord DALHOUSIE will be shortly presented with
the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, a motion to
that effect having been unanimously agreed to this
week at the Town Council.

THE BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN having promised
last Sunday week to preach a charity sermon at Kirk
Bradden, near Douglas in the Isle of Man, the crowd
was so great, outside as well as inside the church, that
the right rev. prelate, at the close of the Communion
Service, adjourned to the churchyard, where, mounted
on a chair placed on a tombstone, he delivered a
most effective address.

STIRLING CASTLE, partially destroyed by fire last
year, is to be restored. The plans are already prc:
pared.

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THE GREAT DYCE SOMBRE WILL CASE WBB
adjudged on Tuesday by the Judicial Committi •
of the Privy Council, and the decision of the Lower
Court affirmed. Dr. Lushington, who delivered
judgment, entered elaborately into all the circum-

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stances of the case, preceding his judgment by
stating that Mr. Dyce Sombre died on July 1, 1851.
On June 25, 1849, he executed a will, and on August
13; in the same year, a codicil. The will and codicil
were propounded by Mr. Prinsep, one of the executors
t ierein named. After proceedings of almost unex-
ampled length in the Prerogative Court of Canter-
bury, the learned judge of that court, on the 28th
of January last, delivered judgment against the will
and codicil; and, on the ground that the deceased
was not of sound mind when he executed the same,
h 3 albo condemned Mr. Prinsep, the executor, and
tie East India Company, who had made common
cause with him, in all the costs occasione,l by this
litigation. From this decree an appeal was pro-
vented, and their lordships were now called upon to
determine whether the judgment of the court below
was well founded or not; or, in other words, whether
tie deceased was of sound mind at the times of the
execution of the will and codicil. The learned judge
delivered the judgment of the court in favour of the
insanity of Mr. Dyce Sombre :
We ere of opinion that when Mr. Dyce Sombre executed
this will, and when he executed the codicil, he was of un-
sound mind, and, consequently, that the acts so done by
him were null and void; therefore we shall advise her
Majesty to affirm the judgment of the learned judge of the
Prerogative Court pronouncing against the validity of these
illsusimegts.. There remains, however, another question
ofigreat:impqrtance with respect to the costs of the suit.
The learned judge in the court below has ordered the costs
of the edit to be paid by Mr. Prinsep and the East India
Company. Who have propounded or supported the will and
oodioil. The first question upon this subject is whether,
under the circumstances known to the appellants at the
time when the testamentary instruments were propounded,
it was tit that their validity should be submitted to legal
investigation and decision, and, if so, whether there is any-
thing in the conduct of these parties, either before the
institution of this suit or in its management since, which
ought to subject them to the penalty of coats.
With respect to costs Dr. Lushington gave as the
opinion of the court that the judgment of the court
below, so far as it awarded costs against Mr. Prinsep
and the East India Company, could not be main-
tained:—
Upon the whole, therefore, we have decided humbly to
advise her Majesty to vary the decree below with respect
to costs; to give no costs against the appellants, but to
allow them out of the estate one set of costs only between
Mr. Prinsep and the East India Company, including the
costs of this appeal. With respect to the respondents,
they will each have their own costs out of their share of
the property.

THE MANAGER OF THE PAVILION HOTEL AT
FOLKESTONE, Augustus Hastier, was brought up on
Friday last before the mayor and magistrates charged
with absconding on the previous Wednesday with
about 1,500/. in notes, the property of M. de la
Motte, a french gentleman. M. de la Motte, who
appetirt, to. be in the habit of carrying enormous
sums ofinioney about with him, came to the hotel on
the
,Setiday, with some 16,0001., more or less, in
til O'd gold in his possession. Not liking to
kee ge'iruch money in his room at night, he handed
i of the landlord and manager.
he visited Dover, and on his
Hastier had left thel hotel for
la Motte became anxious, and
to be made for the bag put in
4t landlord. After some time
let? In
a cupboard, cut open. and
straettd. Thc' prisoner was after-
at Dover. M. de la Motte recognised
(Ound on Hastier's person. There was
and he was fully committed for trial.
- SOME PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH PALMER
have mezed out this week. The Rev. Mr. Good-
etre, chaplain of the prison, last week presented
to the visiting magistrates a report respecting his
interview Trial the late convict. The report is made
up. of. extracts from the diary of the reverend
gentleman, and it states that on the Thursday
morning previous to his execution, Palmer ap
peared much depressed. Mr. Goodacre gave hi ILI
the best advice he could, showing the distinc
Con between private sins and public crimes, and
pointed out that the latter demanded a confession
before man. Palmer seemed to feel the force of
the ehaplam's remarks, and made use of the re-
markable 'words :—"IF it is necessary for my soul's
sake to confess this murder, I ought also to confess
tile others," adding, after a short pause, "I mean
my wife and my brother." He then threw himself
on the pallet in the cell, and buried his face in the
clothes. The chaplain proceeded to ask him
whether he woe ettlim oft the murder of his wife or
brother, but Ifirrheictriadi no reply. Shortly after-
wards he observed to the chaplain that he must not
btit L
take adveatafe ? what he (Palmer) had said, for he
titul Oath r eiii d bt admitted his guilt. An applica-
eoii.tviq iii . outirthe Chaplain for permission
~ .iibliete t '6%1004* sotne of the extracts. In
-..fittiOn wfthtteo-40ti-another case of suspected
griming irns' "Welt iddeed up against him. The
story is much the same as all the others. A turf-
man, named Morrow, meets with great success, is

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