The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-02 00:00:00

TilE EA,IRL OF LitIAT./117.

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Accous'rs %titre received in .town, ye.!r-ti-,
Stating the sude4tit death of . the Eartni I A ;;:,-)r, L .
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at Swansea, on Wednesday ornifv last. . 4 1.0;----
'Ship was in perieti health the evening- . ate, and
out walking and enjoying thebeautio of tittkoman-
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tic scenery in the neighbourhood of Swan 36. He
ImiilSo bempolce a May for the tii]lowiiiir ovening;
in the ltitt/im he waSfound dead in his 17L:d ! •
fie:wasi created, cl:n..•gepternbet tv), i 783, Baron'
LANDAII4, of Thonieo.oWl3, in ti, coihity of Tip-
perary ; and aivatidgto, tbe dignify of a Viscount,
December 9.0, 1793 ti•.;00c1. to that of an EarLiNo-
vember 1797. • Mar Hid, September 6, 1764, first,
VALENTINE ALICIA, second datighter of JAMES
SMITH', Esci. and sister to 8;I' SKEFFIIOTON SMITH,
Baronet, by whom (who/died in August 1731) he
, had i,isue, FRANCIS .1 AMES, born Jan gary JO, 1768 :
married July It4' 1797, Afis'sLivr(xclie. daoglter
of Joirx LficrotscHE, Esq. of Ilirristown, in the
County of Kildare—MoNTAoue, '.-lorn "August,l6,.
1773, a Colonel in the Arin:,•—GEOzaE, born i 779,
died 1790--aisna.—His Lordship married, second-
ly,- in June, 1784, CA.THARINE, sccoad daughter of
the late Earl of MAsSAREENE, by whom (who died
Feb. g, 1796) he had no issue. . . Lord LANDAEE was considered one of the hand,•
somest men of the age, and,, with the most prepos-
sessing. extelior, combined the most elegant' and •
captivating toanners. His two Ladies were. t•wo
of the most beautiful women 'of their 'time: MiS4
SMITH, to the mat beautiful face, joined, a figure
for a Statuary ; til:re was not a Court. in Europe
that- did not .do homage to her be iuty as Mks.
MATREw: The late °Lady LANDAFI/S face .was
beautiful, but her figure short,. and inclined to ens
ton point. His Lordship has lived Mostly at Chelt-
enham, with his amiable daughter, Lady E. MA-
THEW, and had not left it more than a fortnight, for
Swansea. • .

'His Lordship is succeeded in his titles of Earl,
Viscount, and Baron LANDAFF, and estate, by his
son, Lord MATHEW, M. P. for the County of Tip=
perary ;. of course there is• a vacancy in the repre-
sentation Of that County.

The PRINCES of HOLSTEIN-0 LDEA BURGH.

The oldest of these Princes (who are now in Eng-
land), PAUL FREDERIC AUG,USTUS, was born on the
13th of July, 1783; and the youngest, PrrEtintE-
DERIC GEORGE, on the 9th of May, init.. They
are descendants of the younger branch of that ancient
House, which, in the Middle of the last century, gave
Sovereigns to Russia and Sweden, in PETER
.111: and
. ADOLPHUS FREDERIC,"Of ALEXArDERI, and
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 1V: are' grandsons. Their
father, PETER FREDERIC LOUIS, is. the reigning
Prince-Bishop of LUBEC and Duke of OLDER..
BURGH; and their motherwas a Princess of WI !ITEM-.
BURGH, sister of the Empress-Dowager of Russia,
and of the modern 'King of WIWI EivIBUIIGH. She
died shortly after the delivery
"of her youngest son ;
but' though her desolate consort was then under
thirty, he resolved never 'more to marry, but to de-
, dicate the whole of his time to the 'education of
his children. His paternal and patriotic rnalnJnimity
has been .rew:lrded with kuceess. sons are the
most moral and Most acconiplished Princes of the
Continent. And indeed it' could not be Otherwise:
the example of their father's virtues before their
eyes, must have implanted on theiryoUng minds
sons pure end excellent', -as well as durable. Neither
vicious mistresses polluted his bed, nor profligate
companions dishonoured his table: His palaces are
the refuge of the undeservedly unfortunate, and the
unjustly oppressed. His Subjeas pay no dire& taxes;
he derives his revenue from his family domains, and'
from duties laid on foreign imports. That such a
Prince should be honoured with the hatred of a Bo-
NAPAUTE, might be expeCied ; it is rather surprising
that be has. not already been treated a l'Enghein,
particUlarly as revolutionary bandiuies have acquired
Hanover. But if he has yet spared the Prince's
person, he has attempted to ruin his power. An in-
trigue of TALLEYR AND, after the Peace of Ltineville,
was near to‘deprive the Prince of the toll of Elsfleth,
on the Weser, the chief source of his revenue. He
resides generally at Eutin during the summer, and
at Oldenburgh during winter. The formr is situ-
ated on a very romantic spot on the banks of a
lake, 20 miles from Lubec ; and the distatice of the
latter is 39 miles from Bremen.

As neither the Emperor ALEXANDER, nor the
Grand Duke CpINkSTANTINE have yet had any chil-
dren, the ybung PrinCes of HoLs-rm.N-OLDENBURGIT
are considered by many abroad, as the future heirs
of the ,Sceptre 'of the Rnssian Empire. Count Ho EM,
w.hb accompanies. them inthis Country, is not only
the respeaable Governor of the Sons, but the co_i-
fidential Minister of the Father ; and what is. more
brilliant, aczomplishes with zeal and talent, delicacy
and dignity,.both these important funCtions.

'On Monday last the remains of that fine old
Corps, the, 2d Foot, or Queen's, was reviewed by
General WARn,,of the late Horse Grenadier Guards,
who,expfessed hirriself in the highest terms-of ap-
probation of their appearance, aid said that, " he
found the Queen's retained their old character, of
being one of the best dressed and best disciplined Re...-.
giments in the King's service."
Madame 13LAN.CHARD ascended in. a Balloon on
the 13th ult. from Bourdeaux. 'She passed and re-
passed three times over Dordagne, and descended an
hour and a quarter' after her departure from Bout-
deaux, in the Commune of Pujots. ,
The house called Aldgate House, situate at Beth-
nal Green, was broken open on Wednesday. night,
and TurkeY carpets, damask window . curtains, a
clock arid other valuable "articles, stolen. It is • re-
markable that the thieves, in the 'first instance, cut
away the wires and cranks of a patent alarm ; and
after . they had finished their business, took the
alarm-bell, wires, and all, with them.

The same night the washing-house of Mr. Gbom,
of the 'Marine Crescent,- Bermondsey, was broken .
open, and a large quantity of wet linen taken away.
A few days ago, as a labouring man, of the name
of Sendai, was digging in Ely Common, Canibfidge-
shire, he.discoVered a !ump of metal in the form of
a ,battle-axe, which he took hone with him ; and on
shewiog it to a perscn, it proved tr.c be gold, which
weighed upwards of 17 ounces.