The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-29 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The Rev. David Laing, M.A., Rector of St. Olave,
London, and also residing at Mornington-road, St.
Pancras, had made his will on the 29th of Decem-
ber, 1857, wherein he appointed his wife the sole
executrix, who duly proved the same in the London
Court of Probate on the 18th of the present month.
The personal property was sworn under £B,OOO,
besides which there are freehold estates. The will
is short, and he has left the whole of his property
of every description to his wife for her own sole
use. He has enumerated in his will some of the
testimonials which had been presented to him ; for
instance, a gold snuff-box and silver inkstand by
the St. Ann's Society, a bronze clock and bronze
candelabra by the Governesses Benevolent Institu-
tion, and a testimonial from the district of Trinity,
St. Pancras; consequently these public tokens
of respect devolve to the widow. This
excellent and well-known clergyman was
36 years in the church ; he was for some time
chaplain of the Middlesex Hospital, incumbent of
Trinity Church, Haverstock-hill, and subsequently
he became rector of the valuable preferment of St.
Olave, Hart-street, London ; this latter li.vningdiehde
only held for the terms of three years ;
at the rectory on the 6th of August
sixtieth years of his ago.
p.c , Chancellor
The Right Hon. James Wilson,
of last,havl
ign the
of the Indian Exchequer, and ,
8: where he died on
Supreme Council at Calcutta, member. of the
the 11th of August last, aged 55.:—The will of this
gentleman London; tof Probate incon-
sequently,ot her Majesty's Court
present a public document.
had not yet (26th inst.) passed the seal
it is not
beena sworn to by the executors
of whom are the brothers of the
It has, however,
and trustees, three of
ascertained further that the
deceased.
ll :—The widow appears to be
following areW We have
.distinguishing features of the
contents of the will:--The
provided for by an annuity ; and the
amplyappointed residuary legatee ,
the
daughters are
'4" in this countr 8.
personal
prope—Y y was valued as
£35,000. We may a
y have occasion to
a future number of our -
advert, injournal, to this
will, when it has become, as we have above said, a
public instrument, should any matter of importance
not exceeding
present Captain Joseph Cammilleri, R.N.,
itself in the perusal.
C.M.G., lately
residing at Cliftonville, Brighton, who died at
Henley-on-Thames, on the 17th of September last,
had executed his will on the 11th of April, 1859,
which was attested by Captain C. C. Forsyth,
R.N., and Colonel C. H. Mee, R.A. The will
of this officer is strictly that of a family dispo-
sition. He appointed three executors—namely,
W. Nichols, of Norwood: W. Nicholson, of Duke-
street,
Lincoln's-Inn-fields ; and W. P. Nichols, of
Lombard-street. The personalty was sworn under
£6,000. To his relict, who it appears possesses
considerable property of her own, the testator has
merely left the use of all his furniture, jewels, &e.,
not otherwise disposed of. To each of his daughters
he gives the sum of £l,OOO. To his younger son,
Frederick Ponsonby, he leaves several articles of
family plate, jewellery, medals, naval drawings,
maps, prints, 8.7 c. The testator gives the residue f
his property to his two sons Joseph Thomas and the
above-named Frederick Ponsonby, share and
1
share alike. This gallant Captain has directed that 1
the insignia of the orders of. St. Michael 1
inanner,
and St.
George are to be returned, in the usual
to the proper authorities.—lllustrated London
News.

" Another death by fire" is a common heading by
which modern readers are familarised with the
almost daily holocaust of women and children,
sacrificed by the combustibility of their dress and
the expansion of their crinoline. The Registrar-
General, who accurately:exhibits these integers of
suffering and death and displays their incredible
sum-total, records above three thousand deaths
from fire, of which some hundreds might have been
averted by the adoption of the simple expedient,
which cannot be too pressingly urged upon the
female mind, of adopting in the laundry the use of
one of those powders which render clothing non-
inflammable, As we write this, an inquest is being
held at the London Hospital on the body of a child,
burnt alive by her clothes catching light at the
household fire; and we understand that many pa-
tients are at this moment living in the metropoli-
tan hospitals more or less seriously injured by ac-
cidents arising from a similar cause. This is a
very serious evil, and one which cannot be regarded
without a regret deepened by the reflection that
such accidents are preventible. The means pro-
posed are simple and efficient. We have already
more than once explained them. In the Queen's
laundry they have been adopted since the terrify-
ing accident by which the dress and person of the
Princess Royal were scorched by ignition of her
sleeve at a candle. Here is no want, then, of
pointed moral and high example, But it is difficult
to awaken the mind to the necessity of providing
against contingencies which are distant and uncer-
tain. Until the moment of the catastrophe, nothing
seems more unlikely than ithat it should oc-
cur. Nevertheless, all ranks have furnished their
quota to the number of victims. Princesses, coun-
tesses, court ladies, ballet-girls, the decrepid and
the youtiv, rich and poor, swell the list, which is
thus passed over with indifference, or with a
thoughtless shudder that leaves no further trace.

The solutions which are the best hitherto pro-
duced for the purpose are those of tungstate of soda
and sulphate of ammonia. The former is prefer-
able for woven fabrics, since it allows the iron to
pass smoothly, whereas other salts do not. The
able chemists, Messrs. Versmann and Oppenheim,
who introduced these salts, as the result of their
investigations, have recently given some plain di-
rections in their employment, which in the interests
of practical persons we transcribe:—" The solution
which does not become clear must be made with
warm water, and should be well stirred. A sheet
of linen is then soaked in it and dried. The ar-
ticles of dress or curtains, after being well starched,
blued, and rough-dried, are saturated in the solu-
tion, then rolled in the above piece of linen, and
ironed as usual." The salts are being sold, since
we have repeatedly drawn attention to them, under
the title of the " Ladies' Life Preserver ;" but they
are simply the substances which we name.
The extraordinary losses of life and property
very recently occasioned by fire in this city have
naturally suggested the investigation of the appli-
cability of these salts to the purpose of rendering
timber non-inflammable. This is very possible; but_
the use of sulphate of ammonia for this purPase.%
the best process would cost about is. 2d. per cubic
foot of timber, and this is almost prohibitive for
)uses
general use. There are, however, many other
to
suggested besides the finishing of woven fabrics
Thus if
which it may be advantageously
pp
perlue
a solution, containing about twentye
salt, be employed in the making
of
non-inflammable.
or paper-
-in
le
cent. of the
paper-
hangings, these will become
uling soaked in the for goods trains, and tarpa
Even shavings will thus refuse to flame. Covers
solu-
tion and afterwards painted with a mineral paint,
rather than the present oil-dressing,
in will also be-
ruck
approach
be-
come non-inflammable. Last week we read the
account of an express train on fire, from
the engine
sparks
passengers
nearest, amongst them a helpless invalid on his way
to
hospital, falling n
feeling
n the
the near
he
of
the flames,
but destitute of all means of Signalling their dis-
o goods
dis-
tress or causing the arrest of the train. Such acci-
dents may be prevented.—The Lancet.

THE NORTHERN BURGIII,----The Inverness
Courier of Thursday says :.—we are happy
Lord Bury continues to increase in popularity as he to learn th
in-
creases in acquaintance with the electors, and that his re-
turn may be considered as certain.
yolultintE._GpA.LLoEcicTlONN
OSeCtO. SCOTLAND.-
seCveorUallt.taeGeEmmOUtSs
published of the direful effects of the dreadful hurricane that
swept our coasts on the 3d curt., there are many instances of
fortitude and " hair-breadth 'scapes" by land and flood, but
none more deserving of being chronicled than the follow-
ing —On the night in question a great many fishermen
were with their crafts in the Sound of Scalpa, and adjacent
creeks in Skye. About midnight the wind commenced to
blow very sharp from the south, gradually increasing to
gale from the S.W., accompanied by heavy showers of
rain. A slight lull took place about two a.m., and a few
minutes afterwards the firmament seemed to open in
the N.W., and immediately thereafter a heavy rumbling
noise was heard, like the discharge of artillery in the dis-
tance. All were at this critical conjuncture in dreadful
suspense, but firmly and handily making snug their boats,
as they had no alternative, in their exposed situation, but
to face the storm, which they knew from the catspaws now
rising on the sea was fast approaching. Not many _
mi-
nutes afterwards it blew a perfect tornado from the N.N.• r_._
the sea rising mountai,us high, and the tempest driS
along the tiny fleet like so many hinds followed bysillywirra
in full chase. Some of them got into shelter.
_iecea,
preserved, others wore cast ashore and broken in P
their crews miraculously escaping wiih their lives
_ost. 51td the
boat from Applecross, with her crew, was
rl,
t ashore at
same time some of the sloo riding
ing heavily, snapped theirs hains, and were
"doctors."
Dalian, where they remain wait ng
which we would par-
There was one boat with her crew, !pari. gile og," Tinley
Macrae, refer—Duncan Macrae,
under 20 years of age,
Macrae, and Neil Campbell,
a lad
fore the gale. Unfortu-
were with the rest, scudding be
for
n, ma Ict ehne r
coasto o! one eof
boat
adt awneercasafter, pitch
few more thumps
fortu-
nately
etxhpeoysedstrucpkoinotns
_.... a
Campbell, quick as thought,
and
dgeadil
nanoidat
line across his breast, jumped
doffed his clothes,
until he got a footing on a bank
most
bravely
-id struck
baasfehokro
ashore,
ntshdheomrreae
c.
deed
filanl
sget
struggles]an'ong 1 h e nbi
seaweed,kel.sintbteueatintlpy itt
se
awhrerigedsoot very slippery that be
of drifted
Iva, more than ones
hissurge.
gthlnea
ndl i
donA ffehtay2ol:serpd many
rope
dttyeoadi as crag.
beganileist.toa fill ,
tied nselblyu.oysTthoeythheamdsetivoesw,atokok hold
distance their end,
proverbial. The boat is repara oldabonleg,
distance among bogs and rocks before they came to a house.
There they were kindly entertained fora number of days.
but the poor fellows lost their nets, which to them is very
considerable ; and it is to be hoped that the ever open hand
of generosity will be extended to make up part at least of
their damage. Campbell and his companions balm to this
village.—lnverness Courier.

"P OPAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-'
LID GARDEN—under the Management of LOUISA
DYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING, THE ROSEIIarrIL Harriso
OSE OF cAsrILLE. Mis
Corr
Louisa Pyn e, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs.W. n. U, ,
'Durand, St. A.lbyn, and Wallworth.
To conclude With the First Act of T ROVATORE.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mallon.
Doors opOn at Seven. Commence at Half-past.

TiIEATRg_II,OI/AL, iIAYMAIIKET.
i,oetmee, Dir. J. B. Buctstone.
THIS EVENI/i,c3- the per and anoes will commenee with
THE LAD
T OF LI'ONS. Mr. Miss Amy
wick. the
fter which. the reviyed comedy of THE IRISH AM-
BA.ASSADOR. Mr. John Brougham, Miss Florence Haydon,
-ire. E. Fitzwilliara.
THE WIND. By the Leolereqe.
And THE SUN AND,
Cenlmenoe at 7.

aOYA L PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.—
Lessee and MansafTer, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, an adaotation of Victor Himo's cele-
brated Play of RUY BIAS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq.
when Mr. Fechter, the favourite actor of Parisian ren ow
ed
n,
will make his 2d appearance on the English stage, support
by Messrs. W. Lacy, Meadows, ilarden, Graham, Raymond,
Morland, Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris ; Miss Rose
Leclercq, Mre. Weston, and Miss ]death.
To be preceded byISITSAN
After which, THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Harris and
Miss Maria Harris.

THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM.i
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madattle CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, the performances gill commence with
Sheridan's comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Principal characters by Mr. T. Lyon. Mr. ilenry Neville, Mr.
George Vining., Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Forrester. Mrs. Cam Keeleypbell,
I.
Mr. Villiers, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. John Rnuse,
e and Annie
Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss M. Ternan, and Mis
S s Gougenheina.
After whioh, a BALLET DIVF.RTIEMNN'T, in which
the celebrate(' Dancers the Misses Mari C
son will appear.
To conclude with THE ABBE VAITDREITYL. Madame
Celeste.
-

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
r-3- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Great Snocess of the new Drama, by Dion Boureloault, Esq.,
" The Colleen Bawn."—Miss Agnes Robertson every even-
ing.
NTilts EVETSG. TilE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W.
Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss Woolgar, Miss Sate KeVy,
and Mrs. Billington.
After which, TUE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Bonrcicanit, D.
Fisher, Billington. Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss oolgar,W Mrs. Billington and
,
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with MUSIC lIATH CHARMS. Mr. David
Fisher.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 2e. ; Family Boxes,'ll.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle ts. •
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
'proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand
Spectacle of ROBIN HooD.
First appearance of Madame Newsome, Mr. James Newsome,
and their Troupe of unequalled performers, Szc., including
the incomparable Young. Charles Ducrow, the Greatest
Wonder of the age.
This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three
acts, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or. the
Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introduStagcing the Stud of highly-
ained Horses, Herd of real Deer,
tr Hounds, dze,
a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit-
chard.
To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena—Star Riders of
Europe.
Doors open at half-past 6, 'performance commence at T.
Box-ollice open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERT EVENING,
A Grand Selection from the opera of
NORMA.

Norma . ....... • • ........ Miss RUSSELL.
Adakrisa ..... ••• • • .......... Madame MARIA,
(Her first appearance in this country.)
After which the ETHIOPIANS, oonsisting of Seventeen Per-
formers. organised expressly for this establishment, for the
Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and
Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, &c. Prin-
cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H.
Drummond, and Charley Fox.
Musical Director, Mr. F. JONQHMANS.
Balcony, is, --Hall. 6d.

THS WEATHER.-aux OFFICE, OCT. 28, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

69—this day at noon.
52—lowest this morning and during the night.
61—highest since noon yesterday.
BAROMETER-30.09.
WlND—South 'Westerly; light, with very fine mild weather.
Slight fog in the morning ; heavy dew in the night.
OCT. 29.
THERMOMETER, IN TUN SHLDN.

THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 29, 1880.

63—this day at noon.
49—lowest this morning and during the night.
59—highest since noon yesterday.
WI/in—Easterly since morning ; light and fine ; fog in
the morning.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 28m.—Afternoon, lh. 431 n.
Jo-monnow.-Morning, lh. 58m.—Afternoon, 2h. 14m.

Another defeat of the King of GAETA'S troops, '
fresh assurances from Austria that she does not
intend anything beyond self-defence in Italy, and
the breaking up of the Warsaw meeting without
making any proclamation to Europe, are the chief
new facts which throw light on the position
of things in Southern Europe. To these we may
add the almost unanimous vote at Naples in favour
of annexation ; the numbers being, according to
the telegram, 185,468 against 1,609. About one-
fifth of those entitled to vote did not do so ; of
course a large number never can vote at any elec-
tion. An almost unanimous vote, therefore, of
more than four-fifths of the electors will be a most
appropriate preliminary to the entrance of the
KING, which was to have taken place yesterday.
Of the victory we have, as yet, the briefest
account. It shows, however, that the KING can
offer no effective resistance to the Piedmontese,
and that the limits of his dominion will soon be the
fortress of Gaeta, and very soon, we hope, the cabin
assigned him by the commander of a Spanish
frigate. In the interests of humanity it must be
wished by all that the useless fight should not be
prolonged. It may be a little more to his credit to
quit his former kingdom fighting for it against
B....uPerior force, but we do not prize the credit of a
:.rituoll so highly as to think it worth the lives
I these who must die to maintain it. Sessa and
Teen°, between which two places the battle was
fought, are but six or seven miles apart, and the
former lieson the direct road from Capua to Gaeta,
about sixteen miles from the former and
somewhat more from the latter. Unless,
therefore, the garrison of Capua, and all
the defenders of the line of the Volturno had left
it before the battle, they must now be between
GARIBALDI'S lines and the Piedmontese, and would
seem to have no alternative but surrender, Brief
as the telegram is, we notice the same circumstance
as marked the battle of Isernia—the taking of many
prisoners, apparently indicating a want of zeal,
or at least of desperate valour on the part of the
Royal troops. The result is that the KiNet's
forces have retired upon the Garigliano, which
encloses a small district indeed around Gaeta, anl
will hardly delay the march of the Piedmontese
and Garibaldians on the fortress.
We shall be glad to see the last act of this'
drama played oat,—or the signing and sealing of
the transaction by the impending flight of the
KlNG—because once completed it can never be
interfered with again, not even by the
Ruler whose selfish purposes we most
of all suspect, and who, for no
good
assuredly, joined in refusing to acknowledge
the blockade of Gaeta, while he keeps Rome and
the district around it in his own hands. The sus-
picions of Europe in regard to Sardinia and Genoa
are certainly not without good reason, and the more
rapid and complete the success of the King of
p
al-213110NT the more difficult will it be for him to
fly in the face of Europe and appropriate what this
time he 'will have no excuse for asking. He has
done no more in this latter struggle than we have
Orm—he has only let things alone. Indeed, Italy

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