The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-09 00:00:00

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH NEAR

BRADFORD.

On Saturday, at the Bradford Borough Court,
Mr. William Randall Mackley, surgeon, of Great
Horton, was brought before the magistrates on the
charge of having given a false certificate of the
death of Martha Curtis, his late housekeeper. The
court was crowded with spectators.
Mr. Mossman, solicitor, stated that he had been
instructed by Mr. Grauhan, the chief constable, to
prosecute Wm. Randall Mackley, on the charge of
making and uttering a false certificate. He was not
prepared, however, to go into the case that morning
and would ask the court to grant a further remand.
In the meantime an inquest, by order of the Home
Secretary, would be held, and the probability was
that a still more grave charge would have to be pre-
ferred against the prisoner. He asked for the
remand of the prisoner till Wednesday.
Mr. Terry, solicitor, who appeared for the pri-
soner, said that he did not object to the remand of
the prisoner, provided the court would accept
reasonable bail for the prisoner's appearance when
required. The present charge, as Mr. Mossman
had admitted, was a most unusual one and in his
opinion could not be sustained. He objected to the
insinuation that the coroner's inquiry might result

A letter from Constantinople, dated June 30,
says :—Sultan. Abdul Aziz has ascended the throne
at a moment when the wonderful fabric raised by
his predecessors seemed to have reached that point
where the decline of empires merges in their fall.
With some qualities that would have commanded re-
spect in private life, the late Sultan was utterly unfit
to govern a great country, and the last four years
of his reign were pre-eminently years of decadence.
Will his brother prove that he has at once the will
and the capacity to arrest the progress of decay ?
This is, doubtless, a question which people are ask-
ing in England no less than in Turkey. It is one
which Ido not pretend to answer. All I can do
is to place before your readers a statement of facts
as they develope themselves from time to time, ac-
companied with such observations as may assist
you in forming a just conclusion.
Ghalib Pasha, a man of good repute and of a

liberal education, which he received in Vienna, has
been appointed First Chamberlain, in place of
Ahmed Effendi, who is under arrest until he shall
render satisfactory accounts—a task he is not likely
to accomplish on this side of Doomsday. A number
of other officers of minor importance have also been
replaced by others, whose appointment gives gene-
ral satisfaction.

But the event which has produced the greatest
sensation took place yesterday. The fall of the
favourite of the late Sultan, Riza Pasha, Minister
of War and Seraskier, was an occurrence which,
sooner or later, must have happened if any serious
reform of the Administration were intended. Still,
he is a man of considerable ability, and, being Com-
mander•in-Chief of the army—a position which
enabled him to dispense many favours, it was
doubted whether the Sultan would venture thus
early on his dismissal. This step has, however, been
taken, and Namik Pasha reigns in his stead.
Mehemet Ali Pasha, a son of the great Mehemet
Ali of Egypt, died here a few days since.

The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail-
way
of Canada for the week ending June 21, were £6,571
sterling, being £549 more than in the corresponding week
of last year.
Accounts from Arad (Hungary) state that the dis-
tillers at that place have paid up their arrears of taxes
either in specie or bills, and that the soldiers have in con-
sequence been withdrawn.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT NEAR THE MARBLE ARCH.
—An accident of a frightful nature took place near the
Marble Arch yesterday morning. It appears that Sir De
Lacy Evans has taken a house in Great Cumberland-street,
Oxford-street, and within about half-a-dozen doors of
the last named street. Messrs. Simpson, of Baker-street,
builders and house [decorators, are employed in putting it
in a thorough state of repair, and for this purpose erected
a scaffold up the whole of the front of the house. Shortly
after 11 an old man, named William Moore, his son, and
grandson, the latter aged 12, together with an Irish
labourer, were at work en the top stage of the scaffold in
making a cornice, when a snapping noise was heard, and
before any of them had time to make their escape the struc-
ture gave way, precipitating the unfortunate fellows to a
depth of about 50 or 60 feet. The old man, Moore, when
he fell became impaled on the area railings, the top of the
spike entering his left side. A gentleman named Watson
who happened to be passing, immediately released the poor
man. The lad was picked up in the area in a mutilated
condition. The four unfortunate men were taken to the
hospital, where the old man and the grandson remain
without hopes of recovery.

THE GORILLA.—Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins gave
another of his course of five lectures on vertebrate animals,
from the lowest form to the gorilla, with the special rela-
tion of the quadrumana to man, in the theatre of the Cry-
stal Palace, on Saturday last ; notwithstanding the rivalry
of the rose show and Blondin's performance, he had a large
attendance of hearers, most of whom were ladies. One of the
most interesting features in his lecture was the rapidity
with which he drew on the diagram-board some spirited
sketches of the cartilaginous and bony skeleton, addressing
himself at the same time to his audience. Great credit is
due to the committee of the Crystal Palace School of Art,
Science, and Literature, for the admirable manner in which
they seek to combine science with amusement, by engaging
some of the most distinguished lecturers of the day. Mr.
Hawkins, who lectures on Saturdays, win give three more
lectures on the above subject.
LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY.—The ordinary meet-
ing of the Law Amendment Society was held yesterday
evening at the offices, 3, Waterloo-place. Lord Brougham
was to have presided, but he was unavoidably absent, and
the chair was taken by Mr. Cookson. The meeting was very
thinly attended. When the minutes of the previous evening
had been read, it was moved that the name of Mr. Sergeant
Woolrych be added to the list of managers, which was car-
ried, and the minutes so amended were unanimously con-
firmed. Dr. Zimmerman then read a paper on " The Expe-
diency of requiring Assurance Societies to deliver to any
Insurer who applies for the same an Annual Statement of
Accounts." The paper was able, and of considerable length,
and concluded by saying that the recommendation of the
select committee of 1553, as far as they referred to the filing
of accounts and statements to which the public should, under
certain conditions, have access, were worthy of adoption.
He desired that such provisions should extend to all friendly
societies and assurance companies, and he thought that each
society's and company's deed of settlement and list of share-
holders should be open for public inspection. After some
conversation it was agreed that the
mated to the council, to be dealt withier should be sub-
"' as they, with the
author's
cohogrouce, might determine.