The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-13 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF NOUTHUMBER-

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The Duke of Northumberland died at Alowick
Castle soon after one o'clock. Physicians were
summoned hastily from Newcastle last night.

We uederstand that the deceased ashlers= whose
death we regret to amuses had been suffering for a few
days from gout, but the attack was of no unusual
severity, so that his dooms' was quite unexpected. The late
Right Hoe. Algeria= Percy, Duke of Narthamberked, ha,
was the youngest me of Hugh, the sewed duke, by hie sr
seed wife, ?ramose, third daughter of Mr. Peter rßarrell,
end was born la Demeeber, 1792, onsequeetly he was
10Id 72. He married, la August 1842, Lady Eleanor.
eldest daughter of the Marquis of Westmbiater.
In early life be entered the navy, and obtained hie
rank of post-reptain in 1816. He saw, during to
years. considerable *dive service in the Yeditensesaw
bet after obtaining his rank as °spiels he retired,
Is the year following (1816) he was created a peer by the
title of Bares Prudhoe, of Prudhoe Castle, and sat in the
Hues of Lords as such till he succeeded his brother, the
third duke, In February, 1847, having enjoyed the duke-
dom eighties years. The late duke, shortly after leaving
the rm. devoted himself to travel, and with his Mead *Er
Gardner Waimea, pared some years la Egypt aid the
Holy Lead. In 1852, on the Earl of Derby being called
upon to form an administration, the late duke cossetted to
accept the office of First Lord of the Admiralty, and was
swore in a member of her Majesty's Privy Council. He re-
noised in the cabinet until the government broke up in
December. He was made a Knight of the Garter is 1862.
He was constable of LancesterOastle, a tusked the British
Museum, President of the Royal United Smoke 'Latitudes,
Presidest of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a
fellow of the Royal Society and several other leered
bodies, President of the Royal lestitutiou of Great Bri-
tain, of Westminster and Middlesex Hospitals, end a liberal
supporter of Charisgoroes Hospital, the firemen's Heats'
Society, and many other charitable institutioes of the
metropolis ; baddas the local charities on his large property
in the each of England. He built the Sailors' Home is
Shields, and within the last few years expended above
500.0001. In improving the dwellings of hie labourers and
the poorer tenants on his estates in the north. His grace
had by his neisilluncia during the last few years of his life
caused tie sew churches to be erected in the neglected
mining districts of his property. Three were numerated
by the Bishop of Durham in August last, in the
presence of his grace, who upraised a wish the!
he might live to see the whole of them finished, so that the
purest of his neighbours might have an opportunity of &S-
-teadies Divine worship. The late oinks was a sable takes
of the arts and schuss, le default of male imbue the dared
and baronial honours are inherited by the *atl of Beverley,
a son of the second son of Hugh, first Duke of Northumber-
land, and father of Lord Loraine, M.P., and Major-General
the Hon. Henry Manure Percy, C. 8., late comma ding at
Colchester. From soon yesterday until the evening the
church bells of St. Martin's-is-the-Fields, were tolled is
sympathy with the melancholy eyelet.

HEALTH OT CARDINAL WISEMAN.
(THIS DAY.)

The cardinal is considered to be in a sinking
audition this afternoon. The medical attesidaets enter-
tain no hope of his recovery. Dr. Meaning arrived at York'
plea% yesterday. from Rome, sod is now in eon.
sleet attendance on the cardinal. In the verities
Roman catholic please of worship to hie diocese yestaday
the ceremony of the "ezpositiee" of the sacred Host took
plane from the conclusion of high mass until the eveseng,
by his enemas special request; and daring it pesyen
were offered by the faithful that his death, should it sot be
the will of Providence that to may recover from his pram►
oritical date, may be a holy and a happy one

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and Prism Leinicgan, 'Heeded by the Hoe. Xis.
Stoner sod Hajar Teethele, Meowed t►e St. Januee's
Theatre with their preemie as Saturday evecieg.
The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham are not
expeeted to return home from their tour is Italy until
April. . . .

The Duke of Saldanba, who is appointed Por-
tuguese Minister st the Court of Bt. James's in saeoessloa
to Count Larradio, is preparlog to leers Rows on his way
to England. . .

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner
party at his residence, Csrltoe•honse•ternes, on Saturday.
The company Whaled Sir John Remaly, the Eight Her.
J. S. Wortley, Mr. Roebuck, 111. P., the Queen's Advocate,
Sir R. Hill, Mr. J. Mill, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. T. Hill, Mr.
Watkio, Mr. Allport, Mr. Greg. the Rev. Mr. Lake, Mr.
Marsh, and lfr. W. H. Gladstone.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
a select party at dinner at Cambridge Home on Saturday
evening. After dinner, Lady Palmerston gave her first as-
sembly this season, at which a numerous company were
prompt •
Captain William Purer Cust, one of the
equerries to her Royal Highness ►he Duchess of Cambridge,
died en Saturday evening. at the Marquis of Northamptoa's
maidens, is Piccadilly, after a lingering Ulnas. Captaia
Oust was the elders son el the Hoe. William Cast, fourth
son of the first Eon Browulow, sad nephew of the Hon.
Colonel Peregrine Coe► and General the Hon. Sir Edward
Oust, her Majesty's Master of the Careammies.
Another garter is plaoed at the disposal of the
Promise by the lamented death of the Duke of Northam-
, best ad. _ . •

The Theron Yacht Club is about to remove to
the home is George-atreet, Stuover-patre, which efue ke

so =ay yowl otioupiod by tb. late Lord Lyadhozot.

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THE AUSTRIAN REICHERATEL
VIENNA. Pa► 13.
Herr von ficbmerling declared to-day at a pri-
vate meeting of the members of the Lower House
of the Reiohinath, that the government agreed with
the principal points expressed la the address to the
throne. He regretted, however, that there was a di-
vergence of opinion between the government and the
House in reference so Hungary and Malicia. The
Diets of Hungary and Croatia will, bower, meet
simultaneorady with the legate Iteicherath, which is
positively to be convoked immediately after the
close of the session of the Reicharath. Energetic
efforts will be made by the government to bring the
question of the Duchies to a satisfactory solution.
The government will submit separate financial bills
for the budgets of 1885 and 1806.