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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.