The Press.
London, England, 1855-07-07 00:00:00

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The EARL OF CALEDON, who had for some months
past been in declining health, expired on Saturday
morning, at the family mansion on Carlton-house-
terrace. The deceased, James Dupre Alexander, was
only son of Dupre, second Earl of Caledon, and was
born 27th July, 1812. He was formerly in the Cold-
stream Guards, and served with his battalion during
the rebellion in Canada, and while in North America
succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father,
Bth April, 1830. The deceased earl was elected in
1841 a representative peer for Ireland, and was also
colonel of the Tyrone Militia.
Intelligence of the death of the HON. CRAVEN F.

BERKELEY, M.P. for Cheltenham, reached London
on Wednesday. The deceased, who bad been in
indifferent health for the last few months, at

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proceeded to the German Spas, little more than
three weeks ago, to try the effects of the
waters, but he was detained at Frankfort by illness,
and died on Sunday last. He was youngest son of
the late Earl of Berkeley, and was born in May. 1805.
Mr. Berkeley was formerly in the let Life Guards,
and was first returned for the borough of Cheltenham
at the general election in 1832.
MR. WILLIAM GAVIN has died at Scutari, having
never recovered the shock of his brother's death.
The stroke falls severely on Mr. Gavin, of Edinburgh,
as this was the last of his three sons, all of whom
have fallen when on foreign service, the first having
died at Madras, in the Hon. East India Company's
Service, about three years ago.
MME. EMIT E DE GIBARDIN died in Paris, on
Saturday last, at the early ego of forty-eight. This
lady, as Mdlle. Delphine Gay, acquired great celebrity
in early life as a poetess. When only sixteen she
was crowned by the Academy for her poem on the
plague at Barcelona. Her verses on the death of
General Foy were greatly lauded by the journals of
the time. Before the Revolution of 1830 she was in
the habit of reciting patriotic verses of her own com-
position in certain liberal salons. Her success was
such that she acquired the appellation of the Tenth
Muse. In 1831 Mdlle. Delphine Gay married
Monsieur E. de Girardin. She brought him a con-
siderable fortune inherited from her father, who was
receiver-general at Aix-la-Chapelle. Alter her mar-
riage she continued her literary career, writing
feuilletotu in newspapers, novels, and plays. Her
last dramatic production, Tartuffe, had a great run at
the Thatre Francais.
The death of the MARQUIS of THoMoND took place
at Bath on Tuesday last. The deceased had in early
life seen much active service in the navy, in various
parts of the world, and had attained to the rank of
admiral, and received the Grand Cross of Hanover,
but for the last thirty years he had lived in Bath.
His lordship has left no issue, and the marquisate
will become extinct, but the Barony of Inchiquin
descends go a distant relative, Sir Lucius O'Brien,
Bart., of Dromoland, now 13th Lord Inchiquin, the
eldest brother of Mr. William Sniith O'Brien.
Admiral Sir CHARLES liaise died on Monday at
his residence in Cadogan-place, in his eighty-seventh
year. Sir Charles was an Admiral of the Red, and
held a good-service pension, which now falls into the
gift of the Admiralty.
Mr. JAMES SEM BUCKINGHAM, the well-known lec-
turer and writer, died on Saturday, at his residence,
Stanhope-lodge, Upper Avenue-road, after a severe
and protracted illness. He was in his sixty-ninth
year.

THE amount of pensions chargeable on the
civil list granted between the 20th of June,lBs4, and
the 20th of June, 1855, amounts to 1,2001. a year.
The pensions includes one of 3001. to Mrs. Montagne.
in consideration of the late Mr. Montague's services in
the penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land and during
the Caffre war from 1842 to 1853; 3001. to Eleanor
Philippa Ward, Horatio Nelson Ward, and Caroline
Mary Ward, the three daughters of the late Mrs.
Horatio Nelson Ward, the adopted daughter of
Viscount Nelson ; 200/. to Lady Georgina Hay Ful-
lerton, widow of Lord Fullerton, the late eminent
Scotch judge, in consideration of the destitute con-
dition in which she is left at his decease ; 1001. to
C. Moore, widow of Colonel Moore, who recently lost
his life in the Europa transport ; 1001. to Mr. Thomas
Keightley, the school historian, in consideration of
his literary services, and his present straitened cir-
cumstances ; 1501. to Maria Margaretta Crafer, widow
of the late Mr. E. T. Crafer, of the Treasury, in
consideration of her husband's services, and the dis-
tressed situation in which he has left her with a
large family ; and 501. to Mrs. Annabelle Kitto,
widow of Dr. John Kitto, in consideration of her late
husband's services to Biblical literature.
A COMPANY OF PLAYERS, who have just made their
first appearance, are engaged at the Palais Royal, to
perform in the Provencele patois.
THE chorus at the Opk.a Comique, Pans, includes a
man who has nine sons fighting in the Crimea.

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