The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-24 00:00:00

THE LATE MR SEAR.VAN CRAWFORD.

At 10 o'clock On Mommy morning the mortal
remains of the late William Sharman Crawford were in-
terred in the Lundy vault at Kilmore Churchyard, near
Crlonger, t'ouuty Down. The funeral was intended by the
relative. of the decemed to have been private, and no public
announcement was made of the hour and locality where it
would take place. Nevertheless, a great assembly from
Belfast and various parts of the counties of Down and
Antrim aecoenpanied the hearse from Rinlemoe House
to the churchyard. A very grateful and graceful teeti-
mcoy of the high regard and affectionate esteem in which
Mr. Crawford was held by his oonstit.iency in Rochdale
was given by the pee of Mr. Alderman Livesey and
Mr. Alderman Healey, of Rochdale, who came over to Ire-
land specially to pay • last tribute of respect from them-
selves and their community to their former parliamentary
representative. The hour and place of interment were not
aonnuuniaited to the teaantry generally, but a greet Dum-
ber of farmers from the Fteslemon, Crawfordsburn, and
neighbourieg estate. were present, expressing both in looks
and words their heartfelt regret for the good man, good
landlord, and 6, sl fiieud whom they had lost. The funeral
train, followed I.y a long extended nem-anion of moorages,
wowed slowly through the woods of the demesne, strewn
thickly with the fallen leaves of autumn, and reached the
churchyard about eleven. The Rey. C. J. M'Alester,
of Holywood (Coitarian), reed the burial service
with great solemnity amid profound silence, sod
then delivered an address, in the coarse of which
he said :—" It is tree that the deceased had
passed the ordinary span of beam life. He had seen the
sun of more than eighty airman* and felt the frost. of
more than eighty winter', but gin eye wee not dim, nor
his natural force abated.' His mind wu still vigorous,
his judgment still good, and his heart still warm with
kindly sal generous affection. Meson to the het day of
his life he woe busied with useful and philanthropic la-
bours, and lived in the enjoyment of his peaceful and
happy home ; and calmly he proud from life, his spirit
departing apparently without • pia or • struggle. It
would have been pleasant far those who en deeply loved
and revered him to have enjoyed that converse with him
which sielcuess and approaching death so wonderfully con-
secrate ; bet for himself the removal was a happy one—•
bloused and peaceful end to an honoured and useful life.
Our departed friend held au exalted place in the public
mind, but he owed that high position not to his rank or
his wealth, but emphatically to his worth ; sad the sorrow
which death has caused in thinned. end themends of
hearts eloquently testifies to the esteem la which he was
held. In Lis public career • saw .1 duty prompted him
at times to maintain °Makes that gashed with the views
of many ; but those who Mend from him most widely so-
corded to him their sincere respect, for they felt that he
honourably and ably advocated the opinions that he honestly
and disinterestedly held. With the political and social history
of this country for more than half a century—its Artisan
and its triumphs—his name is closely interwoven ; and be
WU acknowledged by all, whether friends or opponents, to
il
be • man of incomparable integrity end enlarged phase-
! thropy, an ardent lover of freedom, and • devoted friend
of Ireland. In the discharge of thepublic duties to which
his high station called him, both in the United Parlia-
ment and out of it, he was active, patient, self-denying
and faithful. I may further add that he was • sincere
and earnest Christian, and to the &lomat
though
holding the scriptures he gave much of his thought' ;
holding definite views of Christian doctrine, and feeling
strongly the duty of professing what be believed, he was •
stranger to bigotry ; and. in his labour to remove
dos—to promote knowledge, and to elevate the poop be
knew no party, no sect, ne race. To his countrymen he hes
left • name which they will long and gratefully cherish—to
hie children sod children's children, now plunged into grid
by his removal, he has bequeathed, in his virtues, • legacy
more precious than the largest posoessiona."

By virtue of an ancient charter, the town of
Mueselbargh, near Elinburgh, ponameee the right of coo-
'erring honotus upon luso who by the successful discharge
of public duties have distinvtished themselves. On Monday
afternoon this right was exercised, the recipient of the
honour being Mr. Willient Maw, M.P. for the Leith dis-
trict of burghs. The honourable gentleman was presented
with the freedom of Mumelburgh, as a public acknowledg-
ment of his conduct in the House of Commons. Is con-
nexion with the premetation, a curious and ancient custom
was observed, the town-clerk stepping forward and pre-
senting the newly-elected burgess with a roll of bread, sc.
eornpanied with the remark, ,•May you never want the
staff of life."

The further issue of the 100-pounder Armstrong
gun has bale suspended from the (Masora stores at Porta.
mouth until further orders, except where an exchange is
required, as is the ease of the Hero, 90, screw, which
semi to-day exchanges her 1010. pounder, which is damaged,
for a perfect one from the store. The Warrior had the
dui eeat•pieer of her Armatreoga yesterday exchanged for
wrought tree ones•

The Board of Directors of the Eastern Railway
of France hare, in coaswinenoe of the dearness of pro-
visioos, granted to the permits in their employ whose
sederire do not exceed 100 fr. a month an increase of 300.
a day for mewled mem, and 20e. for bachelor.. This addi-
tional pay began on the let Met., and will continue until
further orders.

A Denman pamphlet has just been published at
Nesielatiatitled, "Meant Coovenstioa of King William 1.
Onspierna, ca 7th October, 1861, communicated
seseittieg to a stenographic report by the Somnambulist
Welds."

♦ ecormepOstiont of the Temp., in a letter dated
Pomp Oil 17, denerlbee the following WOO as having
Use whorled by himealf :—On cos of "the many fine days
with width we km bum blared this autumn, the Pope,
P • gold weed besmear, was walking in the country and
=Peg all mote et Pod things to little school children who
ewe allowed t• Ithe lei feet. A chamberlain by his
thin eervied • bit Pao with little paper packets
p the fees of hw•s of plenty filled with
Pedals width lie Habra had Weird. The Pope
issaiguly distributed thole among all the children who ap-
proached him, after babe asked them some little questions
from the catechism, ro shoat the Immaculate Conceptioa,
the number of pa, ise. One very little boy, who was not
tell aosigh to reach the cornucopia which the Pope held
te bb bead, attracted his *Ovation. His Hoboes', turning
the three-cornered paper upside down, end at the None thee
sqnsesieg it in the middle, so an to prevestany of the medals
fres turnfiliog out, said to the child, ' Oh, dear —you see
Here are n•, more!' Tee, I see,' said the boy. Well, now;
rammed the Holy Father, •if you love the blessed Virgin
nay such, she will make some come.' Emirs Maria P
cried the young shaver, who appears to have been a sharp
one. ' There !' exclaimed the head of the church, taking
hold of the cornucopia by the point, and lotting the medals
fall out, ' here they are.' The Pope, turning round to the
prelates following him, laughed at hie own wit. Such
mild joke. as these please him, and essentially beloog to his
chsracter."