The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-31 00:00:00

Dr. Whewell on Horseback.

The only exercise to which he was partial was
riding. The last fatal accident—and he had had
many previous falls—reminds us that he used to be
called a"a bold, bad rider." This is unjust. Bad
he was not, but very careless. lie might often be
seen lolling rather than sitting in his saddle, with
one if not both feet out of the stirrups. That he
was not, in the ordinary sense, a bad rider,
the following example will show. Once, when
he was staying at the then Lord Fitzwilliam's,
his host said to him at breakfast, "We
are all going out hunting ; how will you
amuse yourself, Mr. Whewell ?" lie answered—" I
have never been out hunting, and I should like to
go too." Lord Fitzwilliam accordingly mounted him,
and, of course, mounted him well; and, pointing out
the huntsman, said, " If you keep behind that man,
you can't go wrong." The hounds went away across
a stiff country. The huntsman looked round from
to time, expecting to see a divorce between the col-
lege don and his horse ; but no. After clearing
an unusually high fence—" That was a rasper," said
the huntsman. " Indeed," replied the other ;
" I did not observe anything remarkable." So he
followed till, worn out with the pace aid the
weight of his load, the horse came to a stand still
in the middle of a ploughed field. At dinner Lord
Fitzwilliam asked his guest how he had enjoyed
himself. " Exceedingly," he replied ; " and I have
learned for the first time that the powers of a horse
are not inexhaustible."

This characteristic anecdote was reported to me
on the best authority. I have been led on, almost
unconsciously, to mention it, and now I feel in-
clined to obliterate it as unsuitable to the sad occa-
sion. But the truth is, I cannot yet think of him
as gone for ever ; I cannot associate all that bright
and exuberant life with the darkness and stillness of
the grave.
He will be long missed, and never forgotten.—
TV. G. Clark, in Macmillan's Magazine for April.

NOVEL AND DANGEROUS WAGER.—The Elgin
Courier's Cromdale correspondent says :—" A servant lad iu
the employ of Mr. Rose, farmer, Delliefure, laid a wager the
other day, against two of his fellow-servants, for half-a-
crown each, that they would not stir for so many minutes
a basin with a handful of snow and a handful of salt. The
challenge was readily taken up by one of the men named
John Mackintosh, who succeeded in gaining the wager, but
by the time the last minute was expired his fingers got fixed
in the ice. In a day or two he completely lost the use of his
hand, and inflammation having set in he suffered great
agony, and had to apply to a doctor for relief. But for the
timely relief afforded by the doctor he would have lost the
use of his arm for life. He is now in a fair way of recovery.'

Mr. Petersen, in whose house President Lincoln
died, has finally received from the Treasury the amount of
his bill charged for the trifling damage done to his bed-
linen and furniture on that fatal night. Among the items
charged in the bill was one of $l5O for injury done his
carpets, $5O for personal services, $2 for gas, and a large
number of similar charges, amounting in the aggregate
to $293.50. He also made a claim for loss of time in exhibit-
ing the room to visitori, which the Secretary of War re-
fused to allow.

The will of the Right Hon. Elizabeth Dowager
Countess of Cawdor, relict of the late Right. Hon.
John F. Campbell, Earl of Cawdor, D.C.L., F.R.S.,
was proved in London on the sth inst., by her son,
the present Earl of Cawdor, the acting executor,
power being reserved to the Hon. and Rev. Lord
John Thynne, D.D., Prebendary of Westminster,
her ladyship's brother. The countess was the daugh-
ter of the second Marquis of Bath, and married, in
1816, the late Earl of Cawdor. Her ladyship's will
bears date Dec. 3, 1860, and is attested by Egerton
Ellesmere and Lord W. Thynne, Grenadier Guards,
and she died on the 16th Feb. last, at her residence,
Tilney-street. Her ladyship has bequeathed to her
sons, the Hon. and Rev. A. G. Campbell and the lion.
H. Walter Campbell, Coldstream Guards, all her
moneys and securities equally between them ; and
leaves all the rest of her property, furniture, and
effects to her eldest daughter, Lady Emily Caroline,
wife of Colonel the Hon. Octavius Duncombe,
late M.P.

The will of the late Viscount Gort, who died on
the 20th of October last, was proved in the Court
of Probate on the 18th inst. by the present Vis-
count, as acting executor ; the other executors, who
are also trustees under the will, being the late noble-
man's son-in-law, Colonel Hamilton, of the 92d
Highlanders, and Mr. Basset, of Tehidy Park.
The personal property was sworn under £3,000.
The arrangements made in the will are entirely
of a family nature. The powers of appoint-
ment which the deceased peer possessed under the
settlements made on both his marriages' are
exercised in favour of his younger children. His
plate and pictures are bequeathed to his wife for
life, and after her death they will devolve, with the
castle and park of East Cowes, in the Isle of Wight,
on his eldest son, the pre4lnt Viscount.
The will of Miss Franca Cresswell, formerly of
Prince's-gate, Hyde-park,-park, eras proved in London,
on the sth inst., by Fran, ,is Joseph Cresswell, the
nephew, power being 13served to her brothers,
William Cresswell and Oswald J. Cresswell, the
other executors. Her brother, the late Right Hon.
Sir C. Cresswell, was also appointed an executor.
The personalty was sworn under £16,000. The will is
dated Dec. 6,1859, and a codicil Dec. 30,1865, and she
died on the same day it was executed. The legacies
are numerous, including many charitable bequests,
and are to be paid free of duty. She has remem-
bered all her nephews and nieces, as well as a num-
ber of godchildren and several of her friends. To
Lady Mayne, wife of Sir Richard Mayne, a legacy
of £2OO ; to her old governess, Miss Knipe, an an-
nuity of £2O for her life ; liberal legacies to all her
servants, and bequeaths her wardrobe between her
two lady's-maids. She has directed that all por-
traits of members of her family be sent to Cress-
well Hall as heirlooms, and appoints her two
brothers, William and Oswald, residuary legatees.
The following are the charitable bequests:—
£l,OOO towards rebuilding the church of Cal-
decote, Hunts ; £l,OOO for building a par-
sonage to Holy Trinity Church, Brompton ;
£lOO to the national and £5O to the infant schools
of the said church ; £lOO to the national schools of
All Saints, Knightsbridge. To the Society for Pro-
moting Christian Knowledge, the Society for Addi-
tional Curates, and for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, the National Society for
the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the
Church of England, the Colonial Bishoprics Fund,
each £2OO ; and £lOO to the Bishopric of Columbia.
Charitable bequests under the will of the late
Miss M. F. Woodburn, of Kensington Park-gar-
dens :—To the Asylum for Female Orphans,
the Hospital for Consumption, Brompton,
and the Society for Irish Church Mis-
sions to Roman Catholics, each £l,OOO. To
the Church of England Scripture Readers' Associa-
tion ; St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington ; Royal
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Open-
air Mission, National Lord's Day Rest Association,
Lord's Day Observance Society, Society for the
Relief of Poor Pious Clergymen, and Vernon Men's
Ragged School, Notting-hill, each £5OO. To the
Metropolitan Convalescent Institution, Seaside Con-
valescent Hospital, Church Missionary Society, Royal
National Lifeboat Institution, London City
Mission, London Missionary Society, Ragged
School Union, Seaman's Mission, City of
London Hospital for Diseasesof the Chest, Nottng-
hill and Shepherds-bush Dispensary, Female Orphan
Home, Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Society,
the Society for Promoting Christianity among the
Jews, Irish Peasantry Society, the London Refor-
matory for Adult Male Criminals, the Artists' Bene-
volent Institution, and the Artists' Society, each
£3OO. To the British and Foreign Bible Society,
British Orphan Asylum, Early Closing Associa-
tion, Ragged Church and Chapel Union, Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel, United Law
Clerks' Society, the Missionary Society, the
Royal National Sea-bathing Infirmary, School
for the Indigent Blind, Westbourne Dispensary,
London Female Reformatory, London Society for
the Protection of Young Females, London Diocesan
Home Mission, Home for Penitent Females, Bene-
volent Society for Aged Deaf and Dumb, Associa-
tion for Special Services to the Working Classes,
Society for the Rescue of Young Women and Chil-
dren, Society for the Promotion of Missions
to Seamen, Notting-hill Shoeblack Brigade
and Evening Schools ; Provident Society, Not-
ting-hill, each £2OO. To the Society for Pro-
moting Christian Knowledge ; Infant Orphan
Asylum, Wanstead ; the Sailor's Home, Philan-
thropic Association, London Diocesan Church
Building Society, Houseless Poor Society, Book
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Work-
ing Men's Scripture Association, Soldiers' Friend
Association, Working Men's Association, each £lOO.
To the Kensington Dispensary and the Seamen and
Boatmen's Friend Society, each £5O.

The Danubian Principalities.

BUCHAREST, March 24.

The consuls of Great Britain, France, Austria,
Italy, Prussia, and Russia have addressed the fol-
lowing collective note to Prince John Uhika, the
chief of the Provisional Government :

" The undersigned have the honour to inform you that
the representative of the Powers who signed the treaty of
March 30, 1856, assembled in conference in Paris upon the
10th inst. The undersigned are further commissioned to
recommend the Provisional Government of the Principali-
ties to restrict itself to maintaining order and carrying on
the administration, and t 3 abstain from every step that
might be taken as prejudging the decision of the confe-
rence. While we request you to bring this communication
to the knowledge of the members of the Provisional Go-
vernment, wo embrace this opportunity," &c., &C.
A report of the Finance Minister to the Pro-
visional Government displays a very gloomy pic-
ture of the condition in which Prince Couza has
left the finances of the country. Upwards of 23
million piastres have to be devoted annually to
payment of the interest and redemption of the
national debt. The treasury is empty, and the
daily demands of the State creditors cannot be met.
Bills for over 12 million piastres, partly dated from
August last year, are in circulation ; also state bonds
for upwards of 23 millions, the term of payment for
two millions having already expired. The salaries
of officials are months in arrear, and many of the
public phi:anthropie and religious institutions have
been unable to meet their obligations for the last
half year. The finances of the War Department are
at the lowest possible ebb.
con-
cludes the report, c, sums amounting''iliadtodiutipol,wl;rdsof
23 million piastres above the current revenue have
been arbitrarily and illegally seized and devoted to
state purposes. The revenue estimates are far from
being adequate to meet current expenditure upon its
present footing, and the state will not nearly be able
to meet the obligations it has contracted towards
its creditors."

THE RECTOR OF EDINBURGH ITNIVERSITY.—Mr•
Carlyle, whose installation as Rector of this University
takes place on Monday afternoon, will, it is believed, arrive
in Edinburgh on Saturday evening. It is understood
that, on the installation of Mr Carlyle, the degree of
LL.D. is to be conferred by the University on several men
distinguished in science 'and literature, among them Pro-
fessor Huxley, Professor Tyndal, Lord Ashburton (Presi-
dent of the Royal Geographical Society), and Mr. Erskine,
of Linlathen.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—This PAY.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Petul Diver (taken)
6to 1 agst Drum (taken)
7to 1 agst Eakring (taken)
7to 1 agst Whalebone (taken)
CITY AND SEDITREAN.
7 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken and offered)
100 to 9 agst Delight (taken)
12 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken)
100 to 8 agst Breadalbano (offered)
20 to 1 agst Czar (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken)
25 to 1 agst Buck (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Brahma (taken and offered)

CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Dalby (taken)
15 to 7 agst Harry Brailsford (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Saladin (offered)
20 to 1 agst Sandal (taken)
22 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken)
25 to 1 agst Delight (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
11 to 10 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
100 to 6 agst Student ktaken)
THE DERBY.
sto 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered)
7to 1 agst Rustic (taken)
20 to 1 agst Student (taken)
40 to 1 agst Stratheonon (taken)

The West Riding Reform Meeting.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)

The following characteristic letter from Mr.
Fawkes, of Farnley, will be read with interest. It
has the clear sharp ring of the genuine reform metal
so familiar to Yorkshiremen more than 30 years
ago, and contrasts forcibly with the hollowness in
certain quarters once supposed equally true. It is
cause for regret that Mr. Fawkes's voice cannot
now be heard as of yore in the Cloth Hall-yard of
Leeds. Writing to Mr. Baines, M.P., he says :

" Farnley Hall, Otley, March 27, 1866.

" Dear Sir,—l am delighted to see by this morning's
Mercury that the West Riding is on its mettle, will prove
faithful to its hustings professions, and is calling for a
public array in defence of the very sober, sound, and honest
measure of enfranchisement reform introduced by the
Government, and endangered by some would-be Liberal;
but who, it is evident, are only reformers when it suits
their convenience to appear so.
" My infirmities, I more than ever regret on this occa-
sion, have long prevented, and still do so, my presence at
a public meeting. But as I took locally, though what few
will now remember, some part and great interest in the
promotion of the Reform Bill of 1831-2, I should, however
useless and selfish the wish now, be very sorry not to be
allowed the opportunity in some way openly to recognise
in this Government measure a most satisfactory reparation
at last of that great blot upon the bill of '32 of its not recog-
nising as entitled to the franchise those operative classes
from whose intelligence and industry England had become
what she was. Would you, then, gratify me so much as to
allow my name to appear among the requisitionists for the
West Riding mooting ? and believe me very truly yours,
" F. H. FAWKES.
"Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., Leeds."

Railway Traffic Retiums for the Week.

Railways.

Niles Opened. Receipts.

---...-4,---_-.-.,
1866. 1865. 1866 1865

E L
Belfast and N. Counties 9Ol 901 2,006 1.8.7
Belfast and Comity Down 441 4.i 591 610
Blyth and Tyne . 36 36 2,428 1,83 1
Brecon and Merthyr ........ 61 61 1,251 t. 50
Bristol and Exeter 121,i 1211 6,393 6,2,8
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 403 26 347 24,317
Cambrian

Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 316 155
Cockermouth and Workin 9 9 440 304
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 401 336
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6i f i 347 13 I
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651 654 1,658 1.752
Ceeside l7 17 2 6 294
Do Extension
_

Dublin & ',Must J unction 63 63' 1,299 1.217
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,3.'5 1.395
Dublin and 3leath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 911 2,3,2 2,167
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &C 5O 5 ) 4,094 2.412
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
.714
Great Northern lO4 40i 33,835 33,161
Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,541 1.746
Do Branches 42 4! 1,123 1,166
tit. IN orttin. & Westn. (Irel.) B3 711 652 421
'it Southu. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 38%1 8.462 7 913
Great Western 1292 1270 05,631 63.i(6
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,714 1,531
Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 41.512 36 110
Limerick and Ennis..... 2ll 241 245 2 ,1
Limerick and Foynes 261 26} 112 78
Llanelly 461 161 048 715
Llynvl Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2674 17.617 15.t54
London, Chatham, & Dover; 1 j
1344 12/ 7,989 6,312
1 all Metropolitan Extension 12 11} 2,v31 1,673
Do. Kent . oast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
ilan.,Shellieid,& Lincoinsh
lianch. S.J un.& A ltrinch am 9l 94 1,400 1.187
%laryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (inel. N.-Western) 6774 6631 48,1 7 44,678
Midland 61t. Westn. of 1 rind 2lOl 2004 4,9-4 4 111
llonrnouthsh. Hail. & Canal 44 44 3,015 2.911
North British, Edin., Perth
.and Dundee 6Bl
. _ . . ... __

N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1201
North London ll
North Stallordshtr

6561 23,63 Z
116U} 65.667 60,7;4

9 4.452 2 973
258 8,179 7.40
1 97 98
191 1,0 5 1,0,A
138 5,439 to
68 1,121 833
79i 3.90 i 3,580
308 19,361 .7 6 7
61 6,7.2 5,500
105 i 2,507 2.39 k
10 136 761
31 t+.9 4th
77 1.2 9 1,261
10 523 6.12

Pembroke and and Tenby ll6
linyinney
Scottish North-Eastern 135
Somme. and Dow 66
South Devon
south-Eastern 315
fad' Vale 6l
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd. ..
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
Irhaven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 266
Bombay, 13aroda, & k en. India 306
Detroit and Milwaukic lBO
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France l5 1
Eastern Bengal .........
11,ast Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1.577
Great Centrai of Belgium 285
Great Indian Peninsula 6,41
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southeen of India
.great IVestern of Canada 343
Madras 6ll
_ .. .... ......
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828 30, 16 Z2,67{
76{ 8 9 674
26& 36) 330
185 i 8,103 1,293
lgy 4,r 90 5.693
1.81 5,879 5,665
1403
310
11051 - -
1077 25,896 25,107
261 7,275 6, 44
585 1,310 21,915
134 0,110 4.6.8
79 5:1 485
315 16,,6/ 8,931
671 8,541 7,349

2125 1,573

bladrid, Saragossa &Aiicant 778 713
Northern of Canaan .., 9l
91 2,062 1,361
Northern of France 724 724 57,633 51,310
Norwegian. Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & 31editerrn 2006 1971 14 ,8 130,4 i 3
Paris and Orleans 1621 1618 7.5,159 08,302
Recife and San Francisco. &c 77¢ 774 1,371 1,55
Sc nde lts 105 2,297 4!.',1 0
Do. Punjab, &c 251 45 1,8.8 243
South Austrian, &c .. . 1798 1646 51,513 49, 93
southern of France 663 823 2 ,132 26,780
Victoria
Welland
West & ii-Wn. of France