The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-26 00:00:00

SIR RALPH ABE.RC.RO2II.BPS DEATH.

It has never been ascertained at what precise time Sir
Ralph received the wound which proved to be mortal. Col.
Abercromby states that, his tent being at some distance
from that of Sir Ralph, he did not see him when the first
alarm of the French attack was given, and did not after-
wards meet him until about break of day, in the rear of the
reserve, when the principal attack had been made, and he
then gave him orders relative to the movements of the
troops. Col. Abercromby did not afterwards see Sir. Ralph
until near the close of the action, when ho found him in a
small work about the centre of the line, where there were
some guns firing on the enemy. Col. Abercromby observed
that the clothes of Sir Ralph were cut, and that there were
marks of blood on them, He asked him if he was wounded,
and he answered, "Yes, by a spent ball, but it gives me no
uneasiness ;" but he added that he felt considerable pain in
his breast and side from a blow he had received from a
French dragoon who rode against him when the cavalry
broke in on the right. Gen. Ludlow and Col. Abercromby
urged in the strongest manner that his wound should be exa-
mined, but he persevered in refusing; assigning as his reason
that there were many poor fellows worse wounded than
he was, and that the surgeons were more usefully employed
in attending to them. Sir Ralph dismounted and walked
about with apparent ease,watching earnestly the manoeuvres
of the enemy. After an interval of half an hour he com-
plained of being very faint, and sat down on the ground,
with his back to the parapet of the redout. Gen. Ludlow
then sent for one of the surgeons of the Guards, who were
nearest at hand, but only a mate could be found. The mate
looked at the wound, and found that the ball had entered
the thigh, and Sir Ralph was again pressed to leave the
field, but he would not do so until the firing had ceased and
the enemy had completely retired. As soon as the firing had
ceased, Sir Ralph was removed to the tent of Col.Abercromby,
where the wound was again examined by a skilful surgeon
of the Guards, who, not finding the ball where he expected,
advised that Sir Ralph should be carried on board a ship,
to which ho at once assented, and he was conveyed on
board the Fourdroyant, Lord Keith's flagship. Sir Ralph
was placed on a bier, and an officer who was present took a
soldier's blanket and was adjusting it under his head as a
pillow, when Sir Ralph asked, " What is that you aro
placing under my head ?" The officer replied that it was only
a soldier's blanket, on which Sir Ralph said, " Only a
soldier's blanket 1 a soldier's blanket is of great consequence,
and you must send me the name of the soldier to whom it
belongs, that it may be returned to him." This was accord-
ingly done, and the blanket was duly restored, Sir Ralph
himself having given directions to that effect. Sir Ralph
would not allow his son to accompany him to the beach, but
frequently desired him to go to General Hutchinson, and
to attend to his duty. Although the ball could not be ex-
tracted, sanguine hopes of recovery were entertained. On
the 26th March the symptoms caused anxiety, but Sir
Ralph rallied, and during the 27th he conversed with his
son on various points connected with the public service
with much composure, but in that night he became feverish,
and at 11 o'clock on the night of the 28th March he expired
without pain or suffering.—/Itemoirs of Sir R. ilbercromby,
by his Son.

REFUSAL TO BUM' A YOUNG WOMAN.

The quiet village of Bradford is likely to become noto-
rious in consequence of the foolish conduct of its clergy and
the importance of the question at issue in a national and
constitutional point of view. The facts are briefly these :

"In the matter of the death and burial of Charlotte ,
King, daughter of William King, of Roxton, who died
after 11 days' illness, and was buried in the churchyard on
Wednesday, the 2d of Oct., 1861. The sexton tolled the
bell at the death. Mrs. Holden, the wife of Jas. Holden,
attended to the deceased, accompanied by Mrs. King, the
wife of William King, a cousin. Mrs. Holden went to the
parish clerk's house on the Sunday, to give notice of the
death, and to ',request that the bell might be tolled. The
death took place about half-past three, and ;Mrs. Holden
went to the clerk about half-past four ; and the clerk, who
also acts as sexton, tolled the bell. Mrs. Holden went
on Tuesday morning to the clerk's house for the pur-
pose of giving notice that the funeral would take pl ace on
Wednesday (the day following) at half-past three
o'clock. The clerk, William Howard, was not at home
but Mrs. Holden saw his wife, who told her that'
Howard, the clerk, was goi og to Mr. Richardson's, the
rector of Roxton, in the evening, to tell Mr. Richardson
and Mr. Horsley, the curate, that the deceased had not been
christened, and she thought they would neither of them
come to bury her, and further said that the bell would not
have been tolled if they had known she had not been chris-
tened. The clerk called on the parents in the evening, be-
fore he went to Mr. Richardson, to ask if the deceased had
been christened. The mother asked the clerk if he always
went to the parents to ask that question. He replied'' No.'
Then the mother said, "Why do yo come to ask me P 9
Both the parents of deceased aro Baptists, but told him the
deceased had not received infant baptism. The same day
Mrs. King, one of the nurses, went to Mr. Richardson's
with the certificate of the cause of death and saw Mr,
Richardson and Mr. Horsley, and told them that Mr,
Howard, the clerk, was coming to let them know that the
deceased had not been baptised, and they said " They dare
not bury her, but if they had not been told it they should
not have made any inquiry about it." No other commu-
nication was had with the parents upon the subject. The
grave was dug and the burial delayed until 4 o'clock—the
parents expecting, notwithstanding the message brought
to them by the nurse, that neither Mr. Richardson or Mr.
church, in silence.
at The
Roston,
young
under womanthe
Horsley would attend ; but neither of them did, and the bell
was not to tolled ; the funeral took place, and the corpse was
character in the village—a consistent member of the Inde-
pendent interred
pastoralwasan ceaxrerneopfltahrYe
Rev. J. W. Bolls."—Bedfordshire Mercury.

APOTHECARIES' HALL. The foliowing gentle-
men passed their examination i the science and practice
of medicine, and received certificatesjosneph to practice, on Thurs.
John Leech, iMewis,
Wm,
Hunter SilverthorneL Belcher,
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on the same dpassed his first
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Thurs-
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gentleman Charing-cross Hospital;
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attendance at our borough quarter sessions,
to do there on Monday afternoon of a legal characterfinding nothing
thought they might as well amuse themselves in the c
strained leisure into which they were plunged by a gameena;
hockey. They forthwith visited our Grammar School, and
challenged the boys to play. The head master, nothing loth,
and feeling sure his boys would beat the banisters, forthwith
I gave them a holiday, and the game commenced. The game
had not gone on long before it was quite evident that the
confidence of the master would be fully borne out by the
skill of the boys, and that the banisters might retire to
their benches satisfied of the present superiority of many
juveniles over an equal number of men, if not in the solu-
tion of nice points of law, certainly in the active cunning
sof the game of hockey. The challenge of the barristers
was instantly and cheerfully accepted ; the game was
cleverly and skilfully played, but it is a fact to be mentioned
in Chancery, that the boys bapged the NuTiatco,--Aory
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