The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-12 00:00:00

DEATH OP THE EARL FITZBAIDLVGE.

We have to annotate the demise of the Earl
Faxhardier, intelligwee el whine death at Berkeley Carle,
tikomeseershiro reached town lot evening. The deceased
earl enured et Iva mleohee Wire o'clock co llehuday
night after a retread awe, which be the bet four
months has given no hem of idtknate recovery. It will be
reeoliected that the end Ins thrown from off hie home while
Out hunting in Feltner, irk when his lordship austained
sore ltidmg morrow. He was, however, ao thorn that
be sever entirely recovered fern the effect" of the fall, having
only been out ones for a eurlege airing Once the &widens
The lets peer for several weeks peel has been connoted by the
n.iii of hie brother, Vice-Admired the Right Hon. Sir
arrkeee F. F. Berkeley, and Captain Berkeley, M.P., who
were prewar at his drolution.
The deceased, William Fitehardinge Berkeley, was eldest
son of Frederick Artuetua. mug Earl of Berkeley, by Mary,
daughter of Mr. Wm. Cole, of Gloucester, and was born 26th
December, 1736, and was 0012asquently in hie 71at year. On
the death of his father. in 1811, he claimed the earldom of
Berkeley, but the dorm was refurr d by the Hour of Lords,
the valihty of the alleged 'marriage of the earl and counter,
March 30, 1786. berg divided as not proved, after an into-
reetilig and protracted Inquiry, that of the 16th May, 1796,
beteg the ono valid. The general seeder will thank re
(Flare) for setting before him the fellow'ng brae( outirne of
the farts of the "Great Berkeley Came," which created re
greet a 'oration tome flve-rod-forty years ago.
The late earl, in the autumn of 1784, or the commence-
mentof 1783, on a visit to Gloucester from hie cork at Berko
ley, was struck with the charms of Miss Maly Cote, the
daughter of a loth.: in that city, and took her to tire with
him at Berkeley as his wife. As time went on the lady
bore him lie r POEM end common reputation affirmed that up
to that date co lcgil rosn;age had been sok:rifted between
the parties, al, le cloth the lady styled herself Counter of
Berkeley. The lady show character wee thus ice
elwayyee asectiel, on rebel( of her blest eon nod hit=
next , that although the pubbc rokionratios of the
union between herd and the earl did not take pros lentil
May 16, 1796, she had been privately men move then 10
years ly, and the saw rat our thinned under oath
his=;'• last will sod tereneent. To establish thin
creement as entry in the pariah register of Berkeley was
produced, which entry, it wee alleged, had been made, for
certain memo of prows and convenience co the part of
the Ire Earl of Beakeley, on a leaf that hod been pasted
down in the volume for many years, until it should be
wanted. The question as to the genuine or epurioue cha-
racter of this document came bekce the Howe of Lords
only after the death of the late Earl. The clergyman who
was said to have made the entry was then dead, and bin
widow deleted that she did not believe it to be in her
deceased husband's handwriting. A brother ad the
Counter of Berkeley, however, deposed that he wee proont
as • witness at the maniere of 1786. The evidence of Lady
Berkeley. it is stated, wee contradicted by that of bar
mother, who afterwards married Mr. Moron, of Ovbeurnby,
in Liccolnahire, and who, though born in an humble sphere
of life, lived to see or of her daughters o Crakes, ens
married to a penal officer. and the third the wife of a
nephew of the late Sir Frescia Brine, Bart. be& beteg
the ere, on the death of the fifth mirk his elleet me, who
then bore the courtesy title of Lord therein, sod via mot-
bar f e Glowelitersture, presented. a petite'. errors, to he
called to the Howe of Lords as sixth Earl of Berkeley. The
subject of his legitimacy had been mooted during his fiether'a
lifetime, and an inquiry had teen actually craineneed, bat it
was abandoned on ending that no legal garden emit orbs
until after the old earl's death, when, as we have already
wet the rider* brought forward in favour of the legiti-
macy of the eldest wen wee not judged by the Howe of
Lords to be milkier to entabliak the claim. In rematejnewe
of this decision. Led Dunks" was obliged to diop that title,
and he relied from public life for many years.
In Aorta, 1810, he was appointed colonel of the South
Oloorercrekire regiment of militia, being, with era ea
tier of Coker Wood, the err colonel in the milkis.z&
the death of Henry, oath Duke of Beealeet, he we mate
Lord Lieutenant of the comity of Gloreeter, ebbe berme
resat by hie demise. le 1831, Celerl &May am
crested s peer, wader the etyle and title 111 800. *pave (of
which wart harry his father, the fifth Eel Dataery wee
coheir). of Berkeley Carle. county Elleaseber, end 1.1
Armes 1811, was further advanced, by big eteseet Earl
Fit eroding*.
The earldom of Berkeley was otedirsd by the 'mike ef
the House of Leeds, Os NIL to the Hoa. Thew Marten
litzlardinge Berkeley, fifth son of the late earl, led Ss
child horn after the nierrhore d 1796 ; he has memo haw.
ever, armed the title, as to do to would be to sect a vier
am on Ms niather's men, ry. He le rinaried, ref, ha the
event of bre dying without keno the relies of DrArdboy
will per to his next brother, the lea. Omega Melee
Oratory Fitsherdinge Berkeley, fenerwly M.T, be West
Gloucestershire, who married a dab** of tba bee Mr.
Paul Bonfield, and has two sons, the aided of wheat .31
eventually succeed to the title, and, It b Wesel ee the
rums. The earl's ranger brother, Mr. Cremes Itadaterf,
many year M.P. for Cheltenham, died in 1665. sod rir•
herbage sever married, and =regard,' lite earlikee end
the heresy of Segreve have become extinct. The deemed
sableses will be sucomdsel in the family estates by Admiral
Berkeley.
The earl wee much esteemed In the county es a noel
sporeemea, and his park of foxhounds ha. be rainy years
brat regarded as one of the finest in the crate, and Ms
hunting eatablishmeett one of the larger. He had west
polirod imtlicenas in the county and in tithed and Chelsea.
bars. The late earl was elder brother of ViomAdinirel the
Right Hon. Sir Maurice Frederick Fit:hardier Berkeley,
late M.P. for Glower'', end renew naval lord of the
Admiralty, and of the Hon. F. Henry F. Berkeley, M.P.
for Brook and owls el Captain F. W. P. Berkeley, M.P.
Wes Cherealran.

The Duke of Cambridge has resumed big duties
at the lima Oaarda attar a brief absence in the Midland
Camas&

The Dale of Wellington has returned to town
from Crow*, Norfolk.

The Duke De la Roca and suite have arrived at
the Bruseirkk Hotel, 'arroyo-Ara*, from Spain.

The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lady Mary Fits-
mangier etnred at Bowood, as Frldey from a tour of India.
The Couple's at Shelburne left Intedornet Munn ea
Saturday, for Bowood. The Earl of Shelburne menaine In
tome.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Claoricarde hays
wind is town from Pun. Indy Harriet de Boogh is co a
rWI to the Earl and Conte.• at Cork in Howland.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are stiU at
Dreadissids, mu muscled by a select circle.

Lord and Lady Arthur Hay have arrived in
Chats[-gaaeo. from visiting 81r Robert and Lady Emily
Pad, at Droytom Manor.

Lady deorgiana Codrington has left town to
join l 4 Willem C. Cothiegton, But, M.P., at the family
nit to Gloucestershire.

The Duchess of lucerne-8s hal quite recovered
Gone the actklest eL tecoi•ed on her way to London from
Brighten a few weeks ahem.

the l'rincess Mary, eldest daughter of the King
of Saxony, died on the Sth from a violent attack of spawns.
The deceased princes, was burn on the 22nd January, 1827 ;
her two Waters Lott year married. one the brother of the Em-
peror of A 1114.141, and the other the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Tommy. Several sovereign families of Bumps will be
throws into mourning by this melancholy event.
In the course of his sermon on the Fast-day, the
Rev. A. I. Ritchie, of Dream, mentioned, as Illustrations
of the extent of the bereavanente tamed by the Indian
mutiny, that ► gentleman is Rite country had lost twenty-
two !elm:ice in India e:tb'' as ler sks ; and that out of
thirteen of a neatly party which met lam year in St. Andrews
only one to now living, twelve having gone out to India sad
&Iles victims W the mutiny.
Dr. Kern, the Swiss ambarador at the court of
the Tuileries, has arrived Is Perim.
The collect ions made in the various churches and
chapels in Liverpool on Wednesday amounted to 7001.,which
brought the erwoutt fursiehed by that tows La aid of the
Indian Relief Fund to 11,000/.

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INDIAN MUTINIES.

(se 'cattails' ►ND gamma manown.)
The following telegram ban ban received from
ir correspondent, dated

ALEXANDRIA, Orr. 4.

The Bombay mails, with dates to the 17th of
September, leave for Malts to-day by her Maisty's

steamer Caradoc, which also conveys hone the
Siamese Amlnunador and suite.
The Encounter reached Suez on the 30th of Sep-
tember ; her detention is attributed to the bad
quality of her coal.
The intelligence from Delhi extends to the 30th
of August. The siege train was expected on the
9rd of September, after which the plans would pro-
bably be immediately assaulted.
On the 26th of August a body of the rebels, which
left the city with the object of intercepting the siege
train, was attacked by General Nicholson at Nujuff-
ghur, and utterly defeated, with lose of all their guns.

On the let of September General Ontmm was at
Allalxabad with strong reinforcements, and expected
to reach Cawnpore on the 9th.

The garrison of Lucknow it was thought would
be relieved on the 15th of September, up to which
date it was confidently expected that they could hold
out without diffienity.
General Havelock had again attacked the rebels
at Bithoor on the 18th of August, and obtained the
usual result, returning to Cawnpore on the following
day.

At Agra all was well. A detachment from the
fort, under Major Montgomery, attacked a body of
insurgents near Allyghur on the 24th of August,
with complete success, and trifling loss on our
side.

The 51st Native Infantry mutinied at Peshawar
on the 29th of August. By the following day the
mutiny was completely crashed. Mutinies of part
of the 10th Light Infantry at Ferozepore and of a
portion of the 65th at Hazura have in like manner
been promptly eupprowed.
The garrison at Arrah, after being relieved by
Major Eyre, had safely reached Dinapore.
Eyre had subsequently attacked Boor Singh at
Ingdespore. Tho rebel force had been broken.
The insurgents were trying to make their way to

A small portion of the 6th Irregular Cavalry had
mutinied at Bhagulpore.