The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-28 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, PERRUARY 28, 1862.

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LEI COLLIERY FUND.

1 E6IGNATION OF MR. BUTLER-JOHN- I 7HE HART
,STONE, M.P.

It is with sincere regret that we have to an-
nounce the approaching resignation of Mr. Butler-
Johnstone as the representative of Canterbury in
Parliament, and our regret at losing so good a
member is heightened by the cause which makes
the step necessary on his part. The state of Mrs.
Butler-Johnstone's health is so unsatisfactory, that
she has been ordered abroad by her medical advisers
for an unlimited period, and our respected represen-
tative, naturally anxious to accompany her, with a
promptitude which does him every honour, came
to the conclusion that he had no right to leave his
post, at the commencement of what may prove an
important session, and carry abroad with him the
representation of Canterbury in his pocket; conse-
quently, the beads of the Conservative party were,
by his desire, called together on Tuesday evening
last, and Mr. Butler. Johnstone paid a flying visit
to Canterbury for the purpore of meeting them, and
placing his resignation in their hands.
We are not at liberty to state all that took place
at the meeting, as it was of a private character;
but we may announce that Mr. Butler-Jolanstoneits
resignation was with great reluctance accepted, and
that the most heartfelt sympathy was expressed
towards the trying circumstances which rendered
that resignation imperatively necessary. We may
announce further that his son, Mr. Henry Butler-
Johnstone, was proposed as the most fitting person
in every way to supply his. father's place. Mr.
Butler-Johnstone left this city early on Wednesday
morning, and immediately on his arrival in town he
applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the
stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. The new
writ will in all probability be issued in the course
of a few days, and the election will take place in
about three weeks from the present time.—.Kentish
bserver.

The Lord Mayor, shortly after taking his seat
upon the bench" at the Mansion-house, yesterday,
said he should like to say a few words with regard
to the Hartley Colliery fund. He had been waited
upon that morning by the Governor of the Society
of Licensed Victuallers, accompanied by the secre-
tary of that society, and they brought him a
cheque for the amount of a collection which had
been going on for the last 29 days. The amount
of the cheque was £Bl3. There must have been a
considerable amount of devotion to the cause in
hand- to have accumulated so large an amount
in such small sums. It showed how people
would devote themselves to charity, and he
could not help making that public acknowledg.
meat of the benevolence which the public
had shown on this occasion. He thought it
right, however, to say that he considered
that the fund for the assistance of the wives
and orphans of those who lost their lives at the
Hartley Colliery had arrived at such a state that it
was hardly necessary for him to stimulate public
charity any further. He had said something about
it a few weeks ago, and at that time the money was
flowing in at the rate of £1,300 daily ; since that
the subscriptions had not ceased, but as much a,
£2OO were received in a day. He had seen an ad-
vertisement in a•newspaper of the committee, of
which the Mayor of Newcastle was president, by
which it appeared that, as the amount already subs
scribed exceeds the necessity of the case, they pro
posed to create a fund, to be applied to exigencies
of a similar character which might occur in future
in Northumberland or Durham. The amount re-
ceived at the Mansion-house alone was within a
trifle of £20,000, and that was the amount which
was stated, after due consideration by persons who
were competent to judge, as the probable amount
that would be required to meet the exigencies of the
case. The probability now was that three times as
much had already been contributed. He hoped
that the public would now feel that enough had
been done ; but if subscriptions continued to be sent
in, he would be happy to receive them for the pur-
pose of devoting them in another direction. namely,
the accident at Merthyr Tydvil, by which 48 lives
were lost ; and if there should be any more collec-
tions now going on which had been intended for
the Hartley fund, he would feel much obliged if,
when they were forwarded to him, he would he
authorised to apply it for the relief of the sufferers
by the accident at Merthyr Tydvil.

SUICIDE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT.

On Wednesday afternoon an inquiry was con-
ducted before Mr. John Humphreys, one of the
coroners for Middlesex, in the drawing-room of
Dr. Bletchley, of No. 7, Tabernacle-walk, City -
road, into the circumstances attending the death of
Mr. Frank Taylor, aged 21 years, a medical student.
Mr. John Taylor, a gentleman living at Paradise-
house, Oxford, the father of the deceased, said he
had not seen the deceased since Christmas last, when
he spent a few days at home. One of his family
received a letter from the deceased on Thursday.
It was written in a very incoherent manner, one
portion being in black-lead pencil, and the other in
ink. He knew nothing as to the cause of deceased's
death. Mrs. Elizabeth Bletchley said, the deceased
was a pupil of her husband, that she last saw him
alive on Sunday night,about half- past 8 oclock, when
he came home, and shortly afterwards went into
his room and locked himself in. Mary Abbott, a
domestic servant, was examined, and said that she
knocked at the door two or three times on Monday
morning, but could not get an answer. She then
called her master. Dr. Bletchley said that upon
finding the door fastened he cut away the side of
the woodwork, and made a forcible entry into the
apartment. He discovered the deceased lying on
the bed in a composed state, and the bed-clothes
covered over him. He searched the room, and found
a bottle in the wash-hand basin, which contained a
small portion of prussic acid. The witness then
searched the deceased's pockets, and found two
letters. One was directed to Mrs. Bletchley, and
the other to a young lady who resided in the
country. The letters were in the deceased's
handwriting, and had been written shortly before
his death. One of the letters ran as followe :--" My
dear Mrs. Bletchiey,—When you receive this I shall
be no more. I have poisono myself with six drachms
of prussic acid, which I obtained from the shop.
May the Lord have mercy ori'me, and
pardon me for
my sins ! Let my poor girl ‘Lotty' know this as soon
as possible, and send her the letter as directe.si.
Send to my friends by the telei
graph. I am sorryt
should have occurred in your house, but I could not
bear up against my troubles any longer.—FßANK
TAYLOR." The deceased left a number of trinkets,
books, and other articles to various persons, and gave
his gold watch to the young lady mentioned above,
to whom he had addressed a long and affectionate
letter, which filled four folios of foolscap paper,
Mr. Bletchley said, in answer to the coroner, that
the deceased had lately, whoa he came from the hos-
pital, been in very low spirits, which was attributed
to his non-success at his late examination. Mr.
Graham Bennett, a medical student, of 8, Finsbury-
circus, was then called, and said that he knew the
deceased intimately, He . had heard him express a
fear that he would not pass his examination. He
believed that the dread of failure had affected his
mind. Mr. Taylor, the father, said, in answer to
the coroner, that the deceased did not like his pro-
fession, and had expressed a desire to go to sea.
After some further evidence had been heard, the
jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862.

It A
Nottingham S
Derby Spring 6
Liverpool S ll
Doncaster

RCH.
Coventry l7
Warwick Spring
Shrewsbury S
Edinburgh Spring .. 29
'RIL.

Northampton 1
Croxton Park 4
Epsom Spring
Liverpool Hunt Club
Ponteland

Newmarket C 2l
Bishop Auckland
Catterick iridge
Abergavenny 24
Thirsk
MAY.

Newmarket F S 5
Cheater Spring
York Spring

Salisbury
Bath
Harpenden 23
r NE.

Epsom Summer 3
Chelmsford ll
Manchester
Ascot

Beverley
Newcastle
Hampton
Carlisle
'IN.

Odiham
Bibury Club ... 2
Newton
Stockbridge 3
Winchester
Newmarket
Worcester
Liverpool

Abingdon
Pontefract
Hungerford . :7
Nottingham
Southampton 22
Stamford 24
Marlborough
Goodwood
LUST.

AUC
Radcliffe
Brighton 5
Brighton Club
Lewes 8
Wolverhampton
Reading l4
Wenlock l5

York
Stockton
Egham
Lichfield 26
Bridgwater 2B
Ludlow .............. 29

EXPT.
Devon and Exeter
Derby 2
Great Yarmouth
Plymouth
Oxford .. 4
War wick 9
Leicester ll

=BBB.
Doncaster
Richmond
Walsall
Monmouth 25
Manchester
Newmarket 1' 0

Bedford
Newmarket S 0 .. 13

Gloucester
Newmarket H
:MBER.

Worcester
Hereford lO

Liverpool ... l2
Shrewsbury

IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1882.
MARCH.
Howth and Baldoyle Scring lB
APRIL.

Kildare Hunt 8 1 ullamore.. ... ....... 24
Athlone .21 I Curragh April 29
' kerries
Kells ..... .. 23 1