The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1864.

COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN,
Brideman and Bridesmaid of GEN. TOM THUMB,
At ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly,
December 12, 1861.
P.S.—See future advertisements.

spectrum was very fine. The sun was warm, but yet did
not exercise any influence on the thermometer, upon the
blackened bulb of which it Phone brightly. At 3h. 46m.
there was a sudden chill to sense, the wind was still
W.N.W., and Mr Coxwell, who watched the direction of mo-
tion of smoke, the angle we made with the known roads on
passing thorn with great judgment, kept within i's influence
so as to drive us inland, for he remarked if we sank to the
lower current to the sea we must go. At 3h .58m we heard
a cleck strike 4 ; we wore then a little south of Murstad, and
Mr Coxwell, pointing towards Rochester, said " I think we
shall cross the Medway near Woldham, the place where I
was born." At 4h wo wore south of Gravesend and passing
south of Cobham-park ; at 4h 17m we crossed the Medway,
then over Woldham, changed our direction to S.W. nearly,
and were on the ground at 41). 26m, at Delco Farm, near
Rochester, and received assietance from Mr Matson, whose
farm joined that on which we fell, for which we beg to thank
him. The inhabitants at Gravesend and Rochester were
greatly puzzled at our moving direotly opposite to that of
the wind where they were, and some thought we had the
power of guiding the balloon.
During the ascent we hugged the river Thames all the
way down. Mr Colwell felt that he dared not to ascend
higher than ono mile on account of the loss of gas we should
should have experiencejl in so doing till we could pass
Gravesend, and when 'We did so it was too dark at 4h 23m.
At my last observation it was very difficult to read the in-
struments, and it was then of no use to ascend higher or to
remain longer from the earth. _

The balloon was seen ft om the Royal Observatory, Green-
wich, at 2 40, when 1,000 feet high—it was watched by Mr
Nash till 3h Bm, and up to this time ho noticed that the
balloon moved one half round between 2h 45m and 3h, and
then back again in the contrary direction—and at 3h Bm, he
could read the word " Mara" on the balloon distinctly with
a telescope.
Simultaneous meteorological observations were made at
We Royal Observatory, 1 __l,4.enwich, by command of the
Astronomer-Royal, under the superintendence of Mr Nash
and also at my residence by Messrs Gair and Howe.—l am,
Sir, &0., JAMES GLAISHER,
Blackheath, Dec. 3.

Death of the Earl of Carlisle, K.G.

By a telegraphic despatch received last night we
learn that the Earl of Carlisle died at Castle Howard
yesterday afternoon, his lordship having experi-
enced a relapse on Saturday night, aftcr which he
never rallied. Another illustrious name has thus to
be added to the obituary of 1864. It cauuot be said
that Lord Carlisle's death was unexpected, for his
failing health had compelled him to resign the Irish
Viceroyalty, which he had occupied with distin-
guished ability and universal popularity for eight
years. Perhaps no nobleman has been more re-.
apeoted and beloved than the Earl of Carlisle.
Genial, kindly, liberal, affable—he was always
ready to lecture at a mechanics' institute, always
willing to be present and to assist at any meeting
for the improvement and advantage of his country-
men.

George William Frederic Howard, LG., seventh
Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Howard of Murpeth,
Northumberland, and Baron Dacro of Gillesland,
a coheir to a moiety of the Barony of Greystock,
was born in llill.street, Berkeley-square, April 18,
1802. He was the eldest son of the sixth Earl of
Carlisle by the eldest daughter of the fifth Doke
of Devonshire. As the Hon. George Howard he
distinguished himself at Eton—the nursery of so
many of our famous statesmen, and throughout his
life he showed a warm affection for his old school.
From Eton he went to Christ Church, Oxford, and
in 1821 obtained the Newdigate prize for English
verse (Paestum), and also the Chancellor's medal for
_Latiu_verse (Eleusis). In 1823 he graduated as a
first °lawman in classics, and proceeded M.A.
in 1827.

Lord Carlisle's political life commenced in 1826,
when he was returned for the family borough of
Morpeth; this seat he retained till 1830. The reform
agitation of 1830 brought him out as a candidate
for the West Riding of Yorkshire, in order to test
the feeling of the people on the subject by the crucial
example of the election for that great constituency.
He was returned as a Liberal, and sat till 1841, and
was again elected in 1846. From April, 1835, to
September, 1841, Lord Morpeth was Chief Secretary
for Ireland, and from July, 1846, to March, 1850,
was Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests. In
March, 1850, he was appointed Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster, and retained that office till the
accession of Lord Derby's Ministry to office in 1852.
The conciliatory and popular nobleman who was
successful as Chief Secretary for Ireland was most
likely to make an excellent Viceroy. Lord Carlisle
(who had 'succeeded to his title in 1848) was ap-
pointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1855 ; he re-
tired with the Ministry in 1858, and was reappointed
on its return to office in 1859. How well he ad.
ministered this high office is known to everyone who
is conversant with politics. He was fair and candid,
active and zealous in the discharge of his duties,
liberal and impartial in his hospitalities.
Nothing could be more touching than Lord Car.
lisle's farewell to Ireland. His health was broken,
and a visit to his native county had not improved
it, He felt himself compelled, against the wish of
the Government, to retire from his office. He was
attended to the steamer which was to take him from
Kingstown by a sorrowing group of friends. He
paid a final—a tearful—visit previously to his old
college friend, the Right Hon, Alexander Macdou.
nell, the resident commissioner of the Board of
National Education in Ireland. The Lord Lieute-
nant was deeply affected as he bade farewell to the
national schools of which his beloved friend was the
mainstay, and which he himself had done so much
to support. When the steamer bore Lord Carlisle
from the shores of the land whose interests he had
so carefully watched over—the land, it may be said,
of his adoption—there was scarcely a dry eye on
the quay. The earl stood, deeply effected, on the
deck, and so long as.the land was in sight waved his
hand in recognition of.the friends he left behind him.

Seldom has there been a statesman who has re-
tired from office with such universal expressions of
esteem and regard. Lord Wodehouse, his successor,
and Sir Robert Peel, his chief secretary, have, it
may be said, vied with each other in graceful and
kindly eulogies of his character. As representing
the Queen in Dublin society, Lord Carlisle was
the most agreeable and pleasant of viceroys. If
there must be a viceroy at all, he was a model
one; he inaugurated flower shows, he danced at
balls, he lectured at young men's institutes. A
graceful and accomplished scholar, ho was an
admirable lecturer ; he earned considerable reputa-
tion by his lectures on Pope, for instance, On
the very ticklish subject of theology Lord Carlisle
contrived to hold an even balance between the
Protestants and Roman Catholics, as well as be-
tween High Church Protestanta and the Low
Church Protestants. if he made a Dr. Gregg
Bishop of Cork and a Dr. Verschoyle Bishop
of Kilmore, he at any rate compensated for such
eccentricities by recommending such eminent men
as Dr. Beresford for the Primacy and Dr. Trench
for the See of Dublin. In short, Lord Carlisle was
an impartial, a just, and a liberal man ; and he
quitted his post—it is strange to say it of nn Irish
official—with the respect and affection of both
parties in Church and State.
Lord Carlisle was appointed Lord Lieutenant of
the East Riding of Yorkshire in 1847, he was
elected Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen
in 1853, and he received the freedom of the city of
Derry in 1863.
The noble earl was never married, and he is sue-
ceeded in his title and estates by his brother, the
Hon. and Rev. William George Howard, of Christ
Church, Oxford, who was born in Park-street,
Grosvenor-square, in 1808, and has been rector of
Londesborough, Yorkshire, since 1832. The pre-
sent earl is not married, and the heir presumptive
is the Hon. Charles Wentworth George Howard,
M.P, for East Cumberland since 1840, who mar.
ried a daughter of Lord Wensleydale and has issue.

Lord William Howard, the second son of
Thomas, fourth Duke of Norfolk, was " restored
in blood" by Act of Parliament in 1603, and mar-
ried Elizabeth, sister and coheir of George, Lord
Deese of Gillesland, and so became also owner of
Naworth, and Hinderskelle, the site of Castle
Howard. This Lord William, by the way, was the
famous "Bald Willy," or "Belted Will." His
great grandson, Charles, was the first Earl of Car-
lisle, and was Ambassador to the "Czar of Mus-
covy," and Governor, subsequently, of Jamaica.
The third earl was First Lord of the Treasury; the
fourth earl, Henry, married, as his second wife,
the daughter of the fourth Lord Byron ; and,
through this marriage the illustrious poet, Lord
Byron, became connected with the Howards, being,
moreover, a ward of Lord Carlise, whom he lam•
peened and sneered at.
Several most distinguished families are placed in
mourning by the death of Lord Carlisle. The
Duchess Dowager of Sutherland and Lady Caroline
Lascelles are his sisters ; Sir Henry George
Howard, K.C.8., late Minister at Turin, is his
brother ; the Hon. and Very Rev. H. E. J. Howard,
D.D., dean of Lichfield, is his uncle; and the Duke
of Devonshire and the Hon. and Rev. Francis
Grey, rector of Morpeth, brother of Earl Grey, are
his brothers•in•law.
Within the last week or two Lord Carlisle re-
signed his office of Lord Lieutenant of the East
Riding, and was succeeded by Lord Wenlocks He
had been a Privy Councillor since 1835, and a
Knight of the Garter since 1855.
Lord Carlisle was as fond as all true scholars arJ
of classical quotations, and one from his dearly-
loved Horace may aptly conclude this notice as an
illustration of his own character :

"Cui pudor, et justitiszo soror,
Incorrupta Fides, nudaque Veritas,
Quando ullum invenient patem ?"

To say that Lord Carlisle was a great orator or
a distinguished statesman would be absurd. He
was a graceful speaker, and a conscientious, liberal,
zealous, and impartial administrator. But he may
well be described in. Horace's words as unsurpassed