The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-26 00:00:00

ELECTION RUMOURS,

The country papers teem with notices of proceed-
ings connected with elections in the event of a dis-
solution of Parliament. At Salisbury, General
Buckley will retire, and there are already two
candidates in the field—Mr. Hamilton, a brother of
the bishop, in the Liberal interest, and Mr. Chap-
man, a Conservative. At Stoke upon-Trent, Mr.
Alderman Copeland retires, and Mr. A. J. Beresford
Hope, who formerly represented the borough, offers
himself as a candidate. Sir Michael Hicks Beach,
Bart., will offer himself in the Conservative interest
for the borough of Cirencester. Mr. Walker will
resign his seat for Beverley, and Mr. Christopher
Sykes, a son of the late Sir Tatton Sykes, offers
himself as a candidate. The Liberals of Yarmouth
propose to bring forward Mr. Torrens M'Cullagh,
M.P. for Dandalk in 1847, and Mr. David Falcke,
as candidates at the next election. Mr. Falcke,
who is a Jew, and formerly a Bond-street tradesman,
was recently appointed a magistrate for the borough.
The Conservatives will again support Sir E. Lacon,
the sitting member, and Mr. Goodson, the chairman
of the Great Eastern ,Railway. Mr. R. Potter,
the chairman of the Great Western Railway
Company will be a candidate for the city
of Gloucester on the Conservative interest. Mr.
Stewart Lane, a shipowner, is announced
as a Conservative candidate for Plymouth. The
Irish papers , state that it is not likely that
Mr. MTAnn will off .n: himself for re-election for

the borough of Drogheda, and that Captain
proprietor of the Irish Times, a Cowervative lours::;,
will become a candidate. Mr. Joseph Haan, of
London, baa announced his intention of bvcerning a
candidate for Hull on Liberal principles. Mr. Stone
of Leigh Park, will contest Portsmouth, on the
Liberal interest. Mr. 0. Ricardo, M.P. for -Wor-
cester, has announced his intention of retiring at the
close of the present Parliament. Mr. Wcstropp,
who unsuccessfully contested Bridgwater at the last
general election, has announced his intention of
coming forward as a candidate at the close of the
present Parliament. Mr. I. D. Coleridge, Q.C.,
will become a candidate in the Liberal interest for
Exeter; he will be opposed by Lord Courtenay on
the part of the Conservatives. Mr. Selwyn, a son.
in-low of the late Lord Lyndhurst, will be a can-
didate for the borough of Malden, in the Conserva-
tive interest. Sir W. Miles and Mr. lin.atchbull
will retire from the representation of East Somer-
set at the close of the present Parliament. Major
Paget and Mr. 11.• M. Greville (Conservatives) offer
themselves,and Sir Henry Hoare has:declared him-
self a candidate on Liberal principle. It is rumoured
tha Sir 11. Stracy, one of the present members for
Yarmouth, will offer himself as a candidate for
East Norfolk in conjunction with Mr. E. Howes,
M.P. Mr. M. Wills is announced as a Liberal can-
didate for Harwich, and Mr. J. Gurdonßebow will
contest Colchester on Liberal principles.

HERNE'S OAK.—So late as last summer Herne's
Oak, understood to be the tree referred to by She.k.
spore in the "Merry Wives of Windsor," was still one of
the chief objects of interest in Windsor Park. It had
ceased to put out leaves for more than half a century, and
its sapless trunk was hollowed out by gradual decay to a
height of 10 or 12 feet from the ground. On a quiet
evening in August last the crumbling support gave way,
and the heavy upper branches fell with a crash to the
ground. Her Majesty gave directions that all the solid
timber they contained should be preserved, and of it various
articles have since been made as relics of the venerable tree,
famous even in the time of Queen Elizabeth for its age and
size, Among the most interesting of the objects formed of
the wood are two busts of Shakepere, recently carved by
Mr. Parry, of 5, North Andley-street; one for the Queen
and the other for the Prince of Wales. The artist has
adopted the costume of the Stratford bust. He has, how-
ever, made use not only of that, but of the portraits in his
representation of the poet's features and general appearance.
He was supposed to be about 30 years of age when the por-
traits were taken, and to have been represented at the age
of 52 in the Stratford met:int:sent. Mr. Perry has endea-
voured to represent what Shakepere might have bees when
from 40 to 45 years of age. Ho has copied the high fore-
head and arched eyebrows of the stone monument, and at
the same time avoided the high shoulders, inanimate ex-
pression, and ridiculous smirk which disfigure it. These he
has exchanged for the more graceful bearing, the thinner
face, marked features, and more thoughtful expression of
the portraits, and the result is a figure of the poet carved in
oak which may fairly vie with works of sculpture in brans
or stone.
THE TRUE STORY OF THE ACTOR PALMER'S
DEATH.—At length the night came (in July, 1798)
when he was to repeat the character of the " Stranger," and
then there was no simulation in this mournful aspect. Ho
had got through hiepart to the middle of the opening
scene
of the fourth act. He had answered, " I love her still,"
to the query of Baron Steinfort (Whitfield) respecting his
wife; and then to the question as to his children, he gave
the reply, " I left them at a small town hard by ;" but the
words, falteringly uttered, had scarcely passed his lips, when
ho fell, dead, at Whitfield's feet 1 The sensation which this
caused was most painful ; and it was not allayed by those
pious persons who saw in his sudden. death an especial
judgment launched by Heaven on the head of a man who
exercised an unrighteous calling. To support their theory
they invented the story that Palmer was stricken after
uttering the quotation, in the first scene of the third set,
"There is another and a better world I" These words suited
the inferences which they wished to draw. They did rot
agree with the facts : but it was the old story, "so much
the worse for the feels I The lie yet lives.—" Their Ilia-
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