A lamentable accident occurred on Saturday at Bearwood, the seat
of Mr. Walter, M.P. for Berkshire, and proprietor of the- Times. Four sons of Mr. Walter were skating on the lake, and one of them, Thomas Walter, was pushing a cousin on a chair, when. the two suddenly disappeared. The eldest son, Mr. John Walter, skated up to their assistance, threw himself face downwards on the ice, and tried to reach his brother's hand, but the ice gave way. A second brother, Henry, made a similar effort; but he also fell in, and before further assistance could reach the spot the eldest brother had disappeared. He was a strong swimmer ; but was, it is believed, struck with apoplexy. His death was the more- melancholy, as he had but just returned from a long tour, and had. been carefully trained for the great position he was one day destined to hold,—a position which, as we have elsewhere tried to show, is almost, if not quite, unique in the world.
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