The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-11 00:00:00

DEATH OF NIP PHILIP CPA7►IPTON.

After a lung and painful illness Sir Philip Cramp-
ton expired yesterday forenoon at his house in
Merrion-sqnare, Dublin. For half a century the
lamented bat onet was at the head of his profes-
sion, and at the time of his death had reached his
85th or 86th year. lie is succeeded in the baro-
netcy by his eldest son, Sir John F. Crampton,
K.C. 8., British Minister at the Court of St. Pe-
tersburg.
There will be no successor appointed to the office
of Surgeon-General of the Forces, as the place, in
fact, was abolished many years since, the tide being
only retained by Sir Philip Cramptc.n as a matter
cf form.

THE RIGHT HON. MR. JUSTICE COLERIDGE.

The retirement of so eminent a judge as Mr. Justice
Coleridge, after a service of nearly 24 years, is a thing
that deserves more than mere cursory remark ' • and
although he will probably never take a place in legal his-
tory by the side of the late Chief Justice Jervis for acute-
nes,, by that of the late Sir William Maule for juridical
reasoning, or perhaps of the present Lord Chief Justice
for intense legal acquirement ; nevertheless, for general
knowledge, for a thorough mastery of his duties as a
judge, and conscientious performance of them, coupled
with his great and well-known literary attainments, ho
will long be regarded as one of those shining lights who
from time to time adorn the ju Iginent-seat in our
courts 'of law. Mr. Justice, then Sergeant Coleridge,
was appointed judge by the late Sir Robert Peel
during his short ministry in 1834. He was then in fair,
hut not very large, business at the bar, and was one of
the leaders of the Western Circuit. Oa that arena he was
the constant opponent of Fullct*, Wilde, and Erskine,
and there, although he hold his own, he did not show
himself so pro-eminent as an advocate as he has subse-
quently proved himself as a judge. He was never in Par-
liament, although frequently sol-cited to stand for more
than one place on his o ma circuit ; bat modest and raliritig
in disposition he did not feel equal to the harass and tur-
moil of political life. Always of a literary turn of mind,
he was far fiann being entirely engrossed, as is then the
case, by his profession, although most conscientiouslyre-
gardful cf the interests committed to his charge. He
undertook at one period, in addition to his other la-
bours, to edit the Quarterly Review, but that he found
it necessary to relinquish as business increased upon
him. Nor have his literary labours and tastes proved
otherwise than useful to himself, and instructive to
°there, whilst discharging his duties on the bench.
Al ways gentle, always just, patient aliks to young and
old, cuurtecus to all, he has shod over the dull techni-
-1 cal flex of legal decisions an elegance of diction and an
aptness of expression which is too often found lamen-
tably wanting in Soma of our at.leet judges. Educated on
the feundatien at E on, afterwards a scholar of Corpus
and fellow of Exeter at Oxford, and standing in the
proud and singular position of being alone in the first
class of his year, he carne to London with a name already
famous amongst his contemporaries. His uncle, the
poet, was then in his zenith, and through him his already
budding love of literature was brought into full bloom.
Through hire he was introduced into, circles, where
to one so young, the enactment of genius threw
a charm over every subject that was touched. And
amidst such mental intoxication, it is possible that
had his means allowed it, he would have followed that,
to him, favourite occupation, and the bench would never
have I.Pen adorned with the graceful and luminous judg-
ments for which, especially whilst Lord Denman pre-
sided in the Court of Queen's Bench, he became so
famous.
But it was otherwise ordained ; and now for 24 years
the Court of green's Bench has had the advantage of
his great and popular talents.
To very few of our judges has so long a term in bar-
ness bean allotted. To few has health sufficient been
spared. Now, with mind unbroken, but with years
coming upon him, he has determined to retire, and to
enjoy in private the well-earned honours of an arduous
and toilesome life. He will carry with blue the good
wishes and 1) ve of all his brethren on the bench ; and the
bar, whilst they will regret his loss, and recall, alas, too
often, by comparison the suavity and courteousness of
his manners, will not grudge him that repose which a
long life of bodily and mental labour so essentially de-
to an d —.Daily New;.

Miss Laura Baxter's concert, under the patronage of
the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, will take
place at the Hanover-square Rooms on the 17th instant.
This young lady studied for some years under the late
Signor Crivelii, and other eminent performers at the
Royal Academy of Music., She sang with great success
at the concerts of the institution, and also at Exeter-
hall, in the oratorios. Miss Laura Baxter, who ha=
recently visited Austrelia, appeared at several concerts
in the colonies with marked success. She possesses a
fine contralto voice. Miss Laura Baxter Is now a pupil
of the celebrated Madame Persiani, with whom she will
sing the duet "Fiero incontro," from "It Tancredi."
The artists who will appear are Madame Persiani,
Madame Weiss, Miss Matilda Baxter (an accomplished
pianists, also from the Royal Academy of Music), Miss
Laura Baxter ; Messrs. Sims Reeves, Weiss,
Richardson, Blagrove, and the Vocal A.leisociation, com-
prising two hundred voices, conducted by Mr. Benedict,
who will be assisted in his arduous duties by Mr. George
Loder and Mr. G. H. Lake.
The Earl of Shrewsbury (Gerd Talbot) arrived at
Chester, on Tuesday, to make a formal demand for
rents from the tenantry of the Shrow,bury estates, in
proi,ecution of his claim to the property to which hii3
lordship now considers himself entitled. The noble
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Pcia(lincrlfNsulCryEe;reCei'l"torilnliA:TeCiel°El!tr—haetAerday evening this theatre
was crowded to witness the last representation of "King
Lear," which, aWr a c .reer of the in )st brilliant success,
has been withdrawn to make room for the new
revival. To-morrow the "Merchant of
Venice" will be produced with an accuracy and richness
of scenic illustration worthy of the unrivalled manage-
ment of the Princesss. It being the oceawion a the
annual b2.nrfit of Mr. and Mrs. Coarles Kean, the
admirers of those distinguiihed leaders of their proftssion
will enjoy an opportunity of offering their merited.
homage to genius, induAry, and refined taste,