The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-29 00:00:00

ETON COLLEGE ELECTION.

ETON, JULY 28.—" Election Monday," as usual, attracted
an immense number of distinguished persons to the College,
many of whom had been educated at Eton, from Oxford, Cam-
bridge, and the metropolis, and from the more distant parts of
the kingdom. From an early hour in the morning until nearly
noon the visitors continued to arrive at this ancient seat of
learning. A splendid breakfast was given by the Rev. Dr.
Hawtrey, the head master, at his residence in Weston's-yard,
to a party of upwards of 160, including the Chevalier and
Madame Bunsen, Lady King, Lord Clive, Granville Posm, Esq.,
Lady Hampson, &c.
The speeches commenced in the upper school, shortly after
eleven o'clock, immediately upon the arrival of the Reverend
Mr. Hodgson, the Provost of Eton, who was accompanied by
the Rev. Dr. Thackeray, the Provost of King's College, Cam-
bridge ; Dr. Latham, and idle ;Rev. ;Mr. Sampson, Fellows of
King's; the two Posers ; the Rev. Septimus Grover, the Vice-
Provost of Eton, the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, and Rev. R. Okes, the
head and lower masters, and nearly the whole of the authorities
of the College. The extensive and raised galleries at the north
end of the spacious apartment and the area were crowded
with the numerous distinguished visitors and their farei•
lies. Amongst those who were present we observed
Viscount Emlyn, Viscount Clive, the Chevalier, Madame,
and Miss Bunsen ; the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Hobart, Dean of
Windsor ; the Hon. and Rev. John Saville, D. A. S. Davies,
Esq., AI. p. ; W. Ewart, Esq., M.P. ; W. Tatton Egerton,
Esq., M.P. ; Rev. W. Canning, Thomas Brocklebank, Esq. ;
Rev. Mr. Prettyman, Lady llarepson and family ; Rev. E.
Coleridge, Rev. W. G. Cookesley, Rev. E. H. Pickering,
Rev. Harry Dupins, Rev. Mr. Moore, Rev. T. Carter, Rev.
C. 0. Goodford, Rev. G. Bethel, Rev. G. 11. Green, Rev.
J. F. Plumtre, Rev. C. J. Abraham, Rev. W. A. Carter.
Rev. F. A. Dumford, Rev. G. J. Dupins, Rev. J. Wildee,
Rev. E. Balston, Rev. J. E. George, Rev. Stephen Hawtrey,
Rev. C. Luxmore, Rev. W. L. Eliot, Rev. J. W. Hawtrey,
Granville Penn, Esq., Major Bent, E. Jesse, Esq., Colonel
Cannon, Capt. Phillips, Captain Rar.dall, Captain Brooke,
W. H. Whitbread, Esq., &c.
The speeches were then proceeded with. The whole were
admirably delivered.
At the conclusion of the speeches the numerous company
retired from the upper school and proceeded to the long cham-
ber, which was tastefully ornamented, as usual, with boughs
and evergreens; the fifty beds which this room contains being
covered with elegantly embroidered green counterpanes, which
were presented to the College by the Duke of Cumberland ire
1735.

The election' banquet was served in the College-hall to the
guests of the Provost, numbering upwards of seventy, at three
o'clock.

The splendid silver model of the college, upwards of two
feet in length, which was presented to the Institution by
his late Majesty William IN., was displayed upon a pe-
destal in the centre of the hall. A large portion of the
valuable silver plate, consisting of ancient salvers, antique
drinking cups, curiously wrought flagons, &c., belonging to
the college, was also displayed upon a large sidetoard near
the principal table, at the centre of which were seated the
Provosts of Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and oppo-
site to them the two Posers (according to ancient custom),
supported on either side by the Vice-Provost and the Head-
master; the two Provosts, the Rev. Messrs. Bethell and
Carter, being seated at either end of the banquet table.
At the conclusion of the banquet the Provost and his distin-
guished guests retired to the election-hall to partake of wine
and dessert.

AIRS. lIOFLAND.—The will of the late Mrs. Bar-
bara Holland, of Richmond, Surrey, widow of Mr. Thomas Chris-
topher Holland, landscape painter, was proved on the 12th instant,
and granted to Miss Ann Hurdis, the sole executrix, according to
the tenour of the will, she being directed therein to arrange her
little property, which the testator has disposed of in small pecu-
niary bequests to her relatives, together with some specific bequests
of plate and other articles. Her library of books (and amongst
them arc some scarce volumes of which only a limited number of
copies were printed), she has particularised in a separate list, and
left the undermentioned persons, viz. : —Mr. Francis Hoole, Miss
Hoole, Mr. and Mrs. Barr, Miss B. Dixon, Mrs. Wreath, and
others; and to Mr. T. R. Holland she has left all the works of art,
and half the profit arising from the " British Angler's Manuel,"
written by her father. One hundred pounds, in the hands of the
Earl of Egremont, she leaves to the four children of Mrs. Birk.
Leaves to her kind friend, Sir John Phillipart, the bust of her late
husband. Her servant to be rewarded by her executrix. She
leaves an estate, consisting of several cottages, to the son of her
late husband. Her personal estate sworn under 8001. The will is
in her own handwriting, dated December 9, 1843, but as the sig-
nature was not at the end of the will, but at the conclusion of the
list of books annexed to the will, the opinion of the Court was
taken. She died on the 9th of November last.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.-
Yesterday Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo
Inn, Waterloo-road, on the body of Ann Lockyer, aged 36 years,
who with her husband, Edward Lockyer, were unfortunately
drowned on the afternoon of Tuesday last. The particulars of the
occurrence appeared in our journal a few days since. The body of
Edward Lockyer was picked up on the same afternoon near the spot
where the accident occurred, and at the inquest held before the
same coroner at the Red House, Battersea, after a full investiga.
tion of the facts, a verdict of; accidental death was returneo.
The body of the deceased Mrs. Ann Lockyer was not found until
Saturday last, when it was discovered floating oil Waterlot>••bridge.
In this case a similar verdict was returned.

BATTERSEA FAlR.—Notwithstanding the applica-
tion to the magistrates on Saturday, at Wandsworth, to prevent
a fair being held in Battersea-fields, the proprietors of exhibitions,
booths, &c., were in no way dismayed, and the sports at twelve
o'clock yesterday commenced, which, will be continued for the
three following days. The attendance of persons was considerably
greater than was anticipated, the proceedings before the magistrates
having served the purpose of an advertisement.
IMPORTANT PROPERTY CAUSE.—At the Limerick
assizes the Lord Chief Baron and a special jury were engaged,
during the last week, in trying an issue from Chancery, as to the
validity of the last will and testatament of the late Lord
Guillamore, Lord Chief Aaron of the Exchequer. The will
was impeached by the present Lord Guillamore, eldest son and
heir of the deceased nobleman, who had conveyed, by this disputed
document, considerable freehold estates to other branches of his
family. On Friday evening the jury returned a verdict in favour
of the defendant, Lord Guillamore ; thus deciding against the vali.
dity of the will, Lord Guillamore, then the Hon. Colonel Standish
O'Grady, was formerly Whig Member for the county of Limerick.
DEATH FROM DRINKING.—A donkey, belonging
to a farmer on Westwood estate, near West Calder, a few days ago
strayed to an adjoining farm, and walked into the dairy (the door
of which had been carelessly left open), where a large quantity of
milk had Just been deposited. The donkey drank the whole, and
instantly fell down dead. The owner of the donkey demands
payment fer the loss of his beast, while the other farmer demands
the same compensation for the loss of forty cows' milk.

ACCIDENT IN PICCADILLY.—Last evening Mr.
Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of
John Salter, aged fourteen years. Mr. John Cheetham, of Vine.st.,
Piccadilly, carman, deposes! that on Friday afternoon last he saw
the deceased riding on horseback at a walking pace, and when near
St. James's.street the animal suddenly slipped, and rolled over on
his side, and deceased was thrown off and pitched upon his head
on the stones. Witness immediately went to his assistance, and
found he was quite insensible. He was conveyed to the hospital,
where he died in aboat a quarter of an hour. On a post mortent
examination it was found that his skull had been fractured, and the
bran: ruptured in two places, which was sufficient to cause death.
Verdict—" Accidental death."
Mr. Bedford held
an inquest Oennthinegbody of Susan Woraker,
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at St T IBY.
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aged 64 years. Deceased resided with her son, in Wood's.mews,
Park-lane, She was rather infirm, and in an attempt to pass from
one room to another on the morning of the 9th inst., with a lighted
candle in her hand, she accidentally set the upper part of her dress
on fire. Her daughter, on seeing what had occurred, called for
assistance, and a policeman came in and extinguished the flame.
She was conveyed to the above hospital, where she died on Satur-
day last, from the effects of the injuries she had sustained. Ver-
dict-4 Accidental deatis,',