The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-04 00:00:00

DEATH OF LORD DELAMERE.

This venerable nobleman expired on Sunday last, after
a lengthened illness. His lordship was the eldest son of
Thos. Cholmondeley, Esq., and was born at Beckenham,
Kent, in 1767. In 1810 he married a daughter of Sir
W. W. Wynn. Lord Delamere was descended from a
common ancestor with the Marquis of Cholmondeley.
His residence was at Vale Royal, in Cheshire, and there
the greater part of his long life was spent, endearing
himself to his tenantry and a large circle of friends by
his unostentatious virtues. The last occasion on which
he appeared before the public of Cheshire was at the
county meeting in behalf of the Patriotic Fund (to which
he was a liberal contributor), at Chester Castle, in No-
vember last, when the noble lord seemed to feel a presen-
timent of his approaching end, and took a last farewell
of public life. On that occasion he seconded a vote of
thanks to the High Sheriff, and feelingly referred to his
own age and increasing infirmities, which rendered it
probable that this was the last occasion on which he
should have an opportunity of addressing the inhabitants
of the county of Chester. The deceased peer is succeeded
in his title and estates by his eldest son, the Hon. Hugh
Cholmondeley, who was born in 1812, and in 1848 mar-
ried Lady Sarah Hay, daughter of the Earl of Kinnoull.
The present baron is Colonel of the Ist Regiment of
Royal Cheshire Militia, at present stationed in Chester,
and from 1840 to 1841 represented Denbighshire in Par-
liament. Besides the present Lord Delamere, the late
baron's family consists of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Thomas
Grenville, Cholmondeley, the Hon. and Rev. Henry
Pitt Cholmondeley, rector of Bradwell, Gloucestershire,
and the Hon. Henrietta Charlotte Cholmondeley.

DEATH OF THE EIGHT HON. SIR

ROBERT ADAIR, G.C.B.

We regret to announce the demise of the venerable
diplomatist the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, who ex-
pired at 5 a.m. yesterday at his residence in Chesterfield-
street, Mayfair. His illness has been very brief, the first
symptoms having arisen on the 24th ult., while on a visit
to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey.
The deceased was born on the 24th of May, 1763, con-
sequently he had reached the great age of 92 years, and
was the son, of Mr. Robert Adair, the eminent surgeon
(he was sergeant surgeon Co George III.), by a daughter
of the second Earl of Albemarle. He married in 1805
Mademoiselle Angelique Gabrielle, daughter of the
Marquis d'Hagincourt and the Countess de Champagne.
Sir Robert was trained for the diplomatic service, and
represented Appleby in the House of Commons in 1802,
and sat for Camelford in 1806 and 1807. He was ap-
pointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna, April 5,
1806, and was sent on a special mission to Constantinople
in June, 1808, for the purpose of negotiating terms of
peace between this country and the Porte, being accom-
panied by Mr. Canning (now Viscount Stratford de
Redefine) and Mr. David Morier. He was made a Privy
Councillor in July, 1808, and at the termination of his
successful mission he was nominated a Knight Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1809. In April,
1809, he was appointed Ambassador at Constantinople,
which high diplomatic post he held till March, 1811. In
July, 1831, he was sent on a special mission to Brussels,
and also to Berlin, and remained so employed until the
latter part of 1835, when he returned to England. Since
then Sirßobert has not held any diplomatic appointment.
For his public services he had for many years past en-
joyed an annual pension of 2,0001. He was the author
of numerous political pamphlets, and also wrote two ela-
borate works—namely, "An Historical Memoir of a
Mission to the Court of Vienna i❑ 1806,° and " A Me-
moir of the Negotiations for the Peace of the Dardanelles
in 1808.9."

DEATH OF THE BIGHT BON. SIR

HENRY ELLIS, .C.B.

We have to record the death of the Right Hon. Sir
Henry Ellis, K.C.8., which took place at Brighton on
Friday last, the right hon. gentleman having been iu de-
clining health for some months. The deceased accom-
panied the Earl Amherst in his embassy to China, and
was wrecked with that nobleman on his return, and
had to make for Java in an open boat, reaching Batavia
after a perilous voyage of several hundred miles. He
was Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim, in Persia in
1814, prior to his going to China. Sir Henry held the
office of Clerk of the Pells from 1825 until the abolition
of that office in 1834 ; and was appointed one of the com-
missioners of the Board of Control by the late Earl Grey,
in 1830, which be held five years. In July, 1835, he
was appointed ambassador to Persia, which post he re-
linquished in November the following year. He was
sent on an extraordinary and special mission to the Bra-
zils in August, 1842, and in 1849 was appointed by the
Government to attend the conference at Brussels, on the
affairs of Italy, since which he has been unemployed.
Sir Henry was made a Privy Councillor in 1832, and in
1848 was nominated a Knight Commander of the Order
of the Bath of the civil division. He was in the receipt
of a pension (1,4001.) for his diplomatic services. Sir
Henry was a brother of the late Mr. Charles Ellis, for-
merly consul Tangiers.

THE LATE LIEUT.-COLONEL CUDDY.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Caddy, who nobly lost his life at
the Redan on the Bth ult., received his first commission
on the 31st of May, 1833, and obtained a red mark at
the Horse Guards fur volunteering immediately to join
his regiment (the 55th), in India, where he served in
different parts uninterruptedly until 1841, when he ac-
companied them to China. He was at Amoy, Chusan,
Chinhae (including repulse of night attack), Chapoo,
Noosing, Shanghai, and Ching-Kiang-Foo, where he
led the advanced guard at the escalade of the city, was
the first man to mount the walls, and was severely
wounded. For this he was made Brevet-Major, Nov.
6, 1846, and at the close of the Chinese war came to
England, and, rejoining his regiment on its return,
served with it at home until 1851. The regiment then
embarked for Gibraltar, where it continued until 1854,
when it went to Turkey. On the 14th of September of
the same year. Colonel Cuddy landed with the British
army in the Crimea, and was present on the 19th and
at the affair of the Bulganac ; on the 20th at the Battle
of the Alma ; and on the 26th of October at the re-
pulse of the Russian sortie. He was too ill to be in the
ranks at Inkerman, but was exposed to a heavy fire at
the siege of Sebastopol, including the bombardments
of the 17th of October, 1854, and the 9th of April,
1855, when he commanded the guard in the trenches,
right attack,—a duty in which he was also engaged on
the night of the Bth of May, when the enemy was re-
pulsed in his sortie on the right and left boyaus.
Colonel Cuddy was actively engaged in the bombard-
ments of the 7th and 17th of June, and in the assault
of the 18th, when the 55th Regiment formed part of
the supporting column of the Second Division, "which
was to attack the salient angle of the Redan, and for
that purpose occupied the third parallel. He com-
manded the 55th from November 11, 1854, to June 12,
1855, and fur the efficiency and good order of the regi-
ment during that period he received the warm acknow-
ledgments of General Pennefather, who commanded the
Second Division. This experienced and promising offi-
cer was killed while gallantly leading his men (Major
Cure, his senior officer, having been severely wounded
in the right arm) up the open to the face of the Redan,
on the Bth of September, when Sebastopol came into
the possession of the allied Powers. The father of this
gallant officer a'so fell in the service of his country
while leading his company to the storming of Bergen-
op-Zoom. Lieut.-Colonel Cuddy leaves a widow and
three children.

We regret to announce the death of Colonel Maclean,
of Ardgour, Argyllshire, at the a ivanced of ninety-one.
He was the thirteenth Maclean of Ardgour in direct
succession. He was born in 1764, and ip 1795 he was
married to Lady Margaret Hope, daughter of the Earl
of Hopetoun.
DEATH OF JOHN HARDY, ESQ., Q.C.—Yesterday after-
noon information of the death of this much-respected
and distinguished gentleman was received at the Temple,
when the bell of the Temple church tolled on the occa-
sion. The learned gentleman was a trencher of the Mid-
dle Temple, and was called to the bar on the 7th of June,
1799, but had retired from practice some years. His loss
is deeply deplored by the bar and a numerous c'rcle of
friends.

THE LATE MR. GEO. CANNING RACKHOUSE.—Accounts
have been received at the Foreign-office, fully confirm-
ing the tragical death of Mr. G. C. Backhouse, at Ha-
vannab. The deceased gentleman was the second son of
the late Mr. J. Backhouse, who was permanent Under-
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from April, 1827,
to March, 1842, when the Right Hon. H. U. Adding-
ton succeeded him on his retirement, and brother of Mr.
J. Backhouse, vice-consul at Amoy. He was appointed
to a clerkship in the Foreiga-office in April, 1838, and
was attached to the legation at Frankfort for some
months during the year 1841. He was appointed by
the Earl of Malmesbury, in December, 1852, the Com-
missary Judge at Havannah. The widow of the unfor-
tunate gentleman only returned to England for her con-
finement about three months back, and has three young
children, who are now rendered fatherless.
g 4 MAJOR KlNG.—Accounts have been received from
Major John I-Iynde King, 47th Regiment, the eldesti
son of Lady King, Telegraph-house, Yarmouth, who,
on the arrival of the despatch announcing the fall of
Sebastopol, was reported in the list as severely wounded.
He is progressing favourably. This officer has never
been a day absent from his duty since his regiment has
been engaged on the arduous service at Alma, Inker-
man, the trenches, during the whole of the winter, and
lastly at the Redan.
REMINISCENCES Or STBAHAN, PAUL, AND Co.—The
name of this firm was originally Snow and Walton. It
was one of the oldest banking houses in London, second
only to Child and Co., who date from 1640. At the
period of the Commonwealth, Snow and Co. carried en
the business of pawnbrokers, under the sign of the
"Golden Anchor." The firm about the year 1670 sus-
pended its payments, in common with most of the Lon-
don bankers, owing to the circumstance of the seizure
of their money by that most profligate and unprincipled
monarch, Charles 11. On a recent examination of the
hooks of Strahan and Co. one was discovered of the
date of 1672, which clearly shows that the mode of
keeping accounts in those days was in decimals. It is
curious to observe the nature and quality of the articles
pledged by our ancestors with this house. They were
of a miscellaneous and somewhat comical character. One
of the entries in Cte book runs thus: March 10, 1672.
—To fifteen pounds lent to Laly —..- on the deposit of
a golden pot de chambre." The blank might be filled up
with an existing Scotch title. About twelve years ago
Mr. Strahan changed his name from Snow to Strahan,
iu consequence of the then late Queen's printers having
left hint 180,0001. on condition of his taking that name,
previous to which the title of the firm was Snow, Paul,
And Co.