The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-23 00:00:00

THE LAST SERMON BEFORE THE

COURT AT BALMORAL.

An incident which, now that the Prince Consort
l'ias been taken from us, possesses a special interest.
ecurred some six or seven weeks ago. The Rev..,
Mr. Stewart, of Edinburgh, a young and exceed- •
ingly popular preacher, had engaged to officiate it
the parish church close to Balmoral, and where tht
Court invariably attend Divine service when at
Balmoral. On this occasion the rev. gentleman
discovered, to his great discomfort, just as he enterec
he pulpit, that he had left at home the manuscript
,f the sermon which he was to preach before tht
• Queen and the Prince Consort. It happily occurred
ro him, in the embarrassing situation in which ht
found himself placed, that he had recently writtei
s sermon from the text, " Prepare to meet thy
God," which he had closely committed to memory .
Re accordingly preached the sermon in question
with great fluency and power. Her Majesty anc
the late Prince Consort were so much struck witl
he discourse that they sent a message to tht
preacher, expressing the pleasure with which the)
had listened to it, and requesting to be favoured
with a sight of the manuscript. The manuscript
was of course at once forwarded to the Court, and
immediately afterwards a second message was sent
ro the preacher by the Queen and the Prince, de
airing that the sermon should be published. It ha
)een so, and is in extensive circulation in Scotland.
What an awful appropriateness there was in tht
-ext, " Prepare to meet thy God," so far as regardr
• he late lamented Prince.—Morning Advertiser.

AUG

NOTE:

Liverpool .
Shrewsbury

WILFUL MURDER OF ONE OF LORD DILLON'S
GAMEKEEPERS AT DITCHLEY-PARK,OXON.-011 Thursday
ight Lord Dillon's second gamekeeper, named Moulder,)
was out on duty in Ditchley- wood with a watcher,when they
suspected, from the manner in which the pheasants were
flying about, that some poachers were not far off. Shortly
after they saw two men, and ran after them, but when
Moulder was within 10 yards of them, one of the poachers,
named John Hall, of Charlbury, turned round and delibe-
rately shot Moulder in the breast, and be died instantly.
The watcher had a struggle with the other poacher, named
John Tuckey, of Finstock, but overpowered and captured
him. Hall escaped, but at five o'clock on Friday morning,
four hours after the murder, he was taken into custody in
bed at his lodgings at Charlbury. An inquest was held or
the body at Charlbury on Saturday, and lasted from eleven
o'clock in (the 'morning until five iu the afternoon, when it
was adjourned until Thursday next, for the purpose of get-
ting additional evidence. The prisoners were conveyed tt
the county gaol at Oxford, and will be brought before th(
magistrates at Charlbury this meaning at eleven o'clock. -
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES
Moulder was a powerful fellow between 40 and 50 years of :.
age, and has left a widow and seven children. The prisoner „; rvAILWAY.—An inquest was held on Saturday by Mr. H
Hall served in the Ist Madras Fusiliers in India, for feu: lz: itaffies Waithew, the deputy-coroner, at the Poplar Hos-
• years, and returned to Charlbury about a year ago ; sink ..;, Jital, on view of the body of Thomas Redpath, aged 40.
then he has undergone imprisonment in the county gaol , who lost his life under the following circumstances :—The
for poaching. His accomplice, Tuckey, was also well •'. ieceased was in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway
!mown as a poacher, and neither of them appeared to have , Company, and on Saturday last, while engaged in oiling
any other mode of obtaining their subsistence, as they some portion of the machinery of an engine, near the
.Bark-
mg-road station, he, by some means, fell off the train, am
followed no occupation.
: became jammed between one of the trucks and the platform.
OLD ENGLISH COINS.—A few days ago a far-
!ale was found lying in a state of suffering, and was con-
mer, while digging up a corner of a field in the neighbour-
!a- veyed to the hospital, where Mr. Brownfield, the house
hood of Cleckheaton, a por ulous manufacturing and minim
village in the parish of Birstal, in the "West Riding of York-
, surgeon, found that he had sustained severe internal inju-
-ies, from which he ultimately died. Several witnesses
shire, made a discovery of considerable interest to coir ,
txamined, and it was proved that the deceased was perfectly
dealers and collectors. His spade struck against an earther
,Ober, and the unfortunate occurrence was quite accidental.
jar, which was embedded in the ground about six inches be- -r
Ve , rdict " , Accidental death."
:'tenth the surface, and on examination the vessel was fowl('
to contain 100 silver coins, including coins of the reigns o 4 ' A PENITENT THIEF.—A man named Beard hat,
:
' Mary, Elizabeth, James 1., Charles 1., and of the Corn ~ just given himself up to the police authorities of HigL
monwealth. Among them were pennies, twopenny enc. .! Wycombe, for a robbery committed at Downham 24 year;
sixpenny pieces, shillings, and one or two of higher value .. To. He then worked for a Mrs. Beeston, a painter, and
his own e n
o-
Some of the smaller coins were much worn. Twenty-tw( absconded from her service, robbing the house of a £lO and
„ .
-.coins of the reign of Charles It were in excellent preserva £5 note, a spade-ace guinea, a half-sovereign, some silver.
tion, with the King's head beautifully impressed. Then , arensdsioancohaet
hwiritehd
agillitorbsuettaonnds
chaise
eonand went . From
to
Cambridge.
were six coins of the Commonwealth as fresh as when they la
• came from the Mint ; and from this circumstance the tirm ' where he borrowed a coat of the ostler, which he never re-
when the treasure was buried may be fixed with consider-',turned. He adds that the affair has so troubled his mine
.' Able confidence. The 109 coins which the jar contained re: tßlueletsht
oenhlaedf
t p determinedownh amt
some
give e
timehim bsealefku,pantod
is justice.sinee deadl‘
lrs.
. g.
weighed Boz. 3dwts.
so that Beard will probably be discharged with an easier
THE PROPOSED ROAD ACROSS HYDE PARK.—Our:
76 1
readers are aware that this matter was remitted to a select
conscience.
—Noy
f°riiikeld-ewtshat in consequence of th
.1.,'
'.committee, composed of two members from each parish in. 4,,, We areiio
Government not being immediately provided with
4 terested, who were to consider the matter, and to consul, English
/with the Chief Commissioner on the subject. We fear, how-'4'a sufficient stock of snow boots in the event of an emer-
,;ever, that nothing will come of the movement, owing to the gency, application was made to the Emperor of the French,,
I.determination of the Government not to contribute any_ %who at once expressed his willingness to supply the want,
° thing,:as Mr. Cowper has refused the very reasonable requestY and on receiving a reply that 2,000 were required, that num-
' of the committee to obtain approximate estimates of the tvrot'ber wassdela transmitted by order of his Majesty without a mo•
projects. The present position of the affair is--That the. ment'
parish of Kensington would decline any assistance if th THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS.
road across Kensington-gardens is to be adopted •C s e !„-We have good reason to believe that Lord Lyons was di-
-- is willing to contribute a reasonable share; Pa'dd.illnegit.oec rested by the British Government to communicate uno --
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equally so ; Marylebone distinctly declines any contribution cially to Mr. Seward the substance of Lord Russell's des
whatever; St. George's, Hanover-square, appears not very' patch demanding the surrender of Messrs. Slidell and
willing to contribute. The special committee is summoned Mason a day or two previous to its formal delivery. This.
foro Tfeuaers, forday thene presentxt,when adothteanmanttecie_o
erwill6bscerdvecti.!rmined, and,!;'4' fact is decisive as to the conciliatory spirit of tho Govern-
w©
meati —4ectgeor.
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