The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-17 00:00:00

Ebt Court.

Major-Gen. Bowles left her Majesty's marine resi-
dence, Osborne, Isle of Wight, yesterday morning, for town.
The Dowager Lady Lyttelton remains at Osborne with
Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena.

The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan returned to
town yesterday.
Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Jamaica, and also
for the governors of the other West India colonies.

Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, attended by a
limited retinue, will loans this country for Madeira at the
close of the ensuing month.—St' andard.

Prince Waldemar, with Baron Lamer Munchatmen,
Count d'Oriolla, and Count Groeben, arrived at Inverness
on Friday lad, and intended to pursue his journey further
north. His Royal Highness and his gallant attendants are
to arrive at Loch Laggan, to visit her Majesty and the Prince
Consort, at the Marquis of Abercorn'a ,hooting-box.
DEATH OF LADY ELEANOR BORTESCCE.—Lady
Eleanor Fortescue, sister of the Earl Fortescue (the Lord
Steward of her Majesty's household), died on Thursday
morning at Wear. Gifford, near Bideford, Devan, after a
short illness. The lamented deceased was taken unwell on
Tuesday last, her indisposition not exciting particular alarm ;
but an unexpected change took place, we regret to say for
the worse, and she died on Thursday morning. The venera-
ble countess-dowager, now in her 87th year, to whom the de-
ceased had long devoted her whole time, is severely &streamed
at the sudden bereavement she has experienced. The Lord
Steward and the Countess Fortescue were on the eve of
welcoming a large party at Castle-hill when the melancholy
news leached them, and of course all the contemplated fes-
tivities were put off to an indefinite period. The families of
Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington, Lord and Lady
Courtenay, Sir John and Lady Mary Hamlyn Williams, the
Dowoger Lady King, the Hon. George and Lady Louisa
Fortercue, the lion. Newton and Lady Catherine ellowes,
Mr. G. and Lady Anne Wilbraham, &c., are placed in
mourning by the death of Lady Eleanor, who was in her
49th year.
DEATH OP VICE-ADMIRAL BENDALL R. LITTLE-
HALES.—The demise of the above gallant admiral took
place a few days since at Compton Bishop, Somersetohire, at
the advanced age of 82 years. The deceased flsg-officer was
midshipman on board the Vigilant in 1778, and waisted in
the action between the English and French fleet, under
Admiral Keppel and Admiral D'Orvilliers, off Bred,
in the month of July. In the following year, having
removed to the Royal Oak, he was in the action
off Grenada. He obtained the rank of lieutenant
in 1790 ; and in the Rose, in 1794, he assisted at the
storming of Fort Louis, at Martinique. He gallantly dis-
tinguished himself when in the West Indies, particularly
when in the Beaulieu, when he boarded a French store-ship
of 18 guns, immediately under a battery at Guadeloupe.
When in command of the Amazon, he fought a gallant ac-
tion with the Droits de l'Honame, a ship of 80 guns, in 1797 ;
and he commanded the Centaur at the capture of St. Lucie,
in 1803. His commission bore date so follows:—lieut.,
Sept. 21, 1790; commander, Sept. 27, 1797 ; captain, May
1,5, 1800; rear-admiral, July 22, 1830; and vice-admiral,
Aug. 17, 1840.