The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-07 00:00:00

THE WENTWORTH PEERAGE.

The first holder of the Barony of Wentworth, as is re-
lated by the London Review, was one of those worthy per-
sons who in the time of the eighth Henry passed from the
rank of country gentleman to that of a magnate of the land.
His coat showed that he was a cadet of the house of Went-
worth Woodhouse, from which in after days sprang the
great Lord Strafford. He has been said to have been a cor-
dial Protestant, and it is certain that he got some Church
lands. It was probably as a safe politician that he was, with
five other new peers, summoned by Henry to the Parliament
which met in the twenty-first year of the reign. No format
record of the creation of these six barons exists, and the fact
is inferred from the entries in the Journal of a session of the
same Parliament held five years later. What is more im
portant with reference to the present claim is that these baro-
nies are held to be descendiLle to heirs female as well as heirs
male—in technical language, to heirs general of the original
barons. The consequence is that except two which en
luckily came to grief at a very early date, they may be said
to be indestructible. Occasionally they fall into abeyance
when two or more sisters succeed as co-heirs, but an abso-
lute extinction of the whole issue of the parent stocks is
almost impossible. The first Lord Wentworth had a troop
of sons and he was succeeded in 1560-1 by his eldest, a
second Thomas. The second baron was as prudent as his
father, but on one notable occasion he was not so fortunate,
He duly witnessed the will of Edward VI. giving the suc-
cession to Lady Jane Grey; as duly he went over to Mary
on the death of her brother, and he carried out the whole duty
of man by sitting in judgment on the degraded favourite,
Dudley the Duke of Northumberland. Such a faithful ser-
vant deserved to be made Governor of Calais, but then
unluckily he lost it. We aro accustomed to look upon poor
Mary's despair as the passionate outburst of an intensely
morbid woman ; but in tact the fall of Calais raised a storm
of indignation throughout England. We may conceive the
feeling by imagining the rage which would be felt against
the commander who should lose Gibraltar in a war with
Spain. Professor Goldwin Smith's voice might be heard
piping above the storm that the loss was a gain, but the com-
mander might think himself lucky if he escaped the
fate of Byng. England had held Calais more than
two hundred years; its possession was the symbol and
justification of the style King of England and France and
the quartering of the French lilies ; when it was lost,
the process of English law was strained in a fashion
that can only be paralleled in Sir Bulwer Lytton's " Strange
Story." An indictment was found against the Lord Went-
worth, in his absence, for having traitorously surrendered
the town to the French king; his estates were sequestered,
and his goods were confiscated. He did not return to Eng-
land till the death of Mary, when he was formally tried by
the Peers and acquitted. He lived to sit himself in judg-
ment on the Duke of Norfolk, and to marry his son to a
daughter of Burleigh. An insignificant third baron begot a
fourth, who was one of the most gallant supporters of Charles
I.; the Earldom of Cleveland marked the King's sense of the
loyalty of his subject. The Earl served the son with the same
seal that he served the father : he fought at Worcester, and,
though upwards of sixty, ho is said to have come to the
battle after twenty-one days' continuous hard riding. The
gallant cavalier had an only son, who died without male
issue in his father's lifetime, so that the earldom became
extinct with the first possessor, but the barony descended
to the son's only daughter, a Henrietta Maria, a god-daugh-
ter of the Queen. The fair Henrietta was loyal after the
fashion of the restoration. The worthless Monmouth deserted
his Scotch wife, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the patroness
of the "Last Minstrel," for the charms of the Lady Went-
worth. With a prevision of the doctrine of elective affini-
ties, for which he is rarely credited, he obstinately refused
to acknowledge, when in the Tower, the criminality of the
connection, and—as even the divines of that age had limits
to their complaisance—he went to the scaffold without
the last sacraments of the Church. Let it be said
to the grace of Henrietta that she did not long survive
her lover, but died unmarried in 1686. The barony went
to her aunt, the only danghter of the old cavalier, and
after passing through two more females, was carried to the
family of Noel of Kirkby Mallory. In 1745 Sir Edward
Noel took his seat in the Houshof Lords as Baron Went-
worth ; but his only son died without male issue, and the
barony fell into abeyance between a single daughter,
Judith Noel, who married Sir Ralph Mi!banke, and
the issue of another daughter, Sophia, who had been
married to Lord Scarsdale. The issue of Lady Scarsdale be-
came extinct, in 1856, by the death of tho late Lord Scarsdale,
and the abeyance terminated, the inheritor of the barony
being Anne Isabella, the only child of Sir Ralph Milbanke
and Dame Judith. Anne Isabella Milbanke was the wife
of THE Lord Byron (to use the language of a witness on
Monday) ; and, as all the world knows, the only issue of her
unhappy marriage was Ada, "sole daughter of my house
and heart," the late wife of the present Earl of Lovelace.
The only surviving son of Lord Lovelace now claims the
barony of Wentworth.

At the Croydon Assizes yesterday a printer's
engineer, named Myers, recovered damages from the Great
Northern Railway, 11,660, as compensation for injuries he
received in January last, in a collision at Knottingley, on
the line belonging to the defendants.
AIR. JOHN BRTGHT, M.P, IN SCOTLAND.--
We (Caledonian Mercury) understand that Mr. John
Bright, M.P., has been residing for some time past at
Amulree, which is situated about mid-way between Crieff
and Dunkeld, in the Perthshire Highlands.
The Stampa of Turin states that Sir James Hud-
son has been recalled from that capital. The approaching
departure of this Minister has caused, says the journal from
which we quote, a painful impression in Turin, where he
was much esteemed. If it be true that Sir James Hudson
has really been recalled, his less will no doubt be much felt
by many of the leading statesmen of Turin. Sir James was
one of the closest friends of the late Count Cavour.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, August 6.
To-day is the anniversary of the birth of his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred.
The Queen drove out yesterday with Princess
Louise and Prince Leopold,
Viscountess Jocelyn and Lieutenant-Colonel Du
Plat were in attendance.
Princess Helena rode on horseback, attended by
the Hon. Horatio Stopford.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
EDINBURGH, Aug. 6,

The Prince and Princess of W ales arrived at the
Wa,verley bridge station at 20 minutes before 8,
and were received by the Lord Provost, magistrates,
staff officers, and others, with the band and a guard
of honour of the 92d Regiment. They drove rapidly
in a carriage and pair through densely crowded
streets to Douglass's Hotel, in St. Andrew-square.
The way was lined with military. The Prince and
Princess met with a cordial reception, and appeared
at the window of the hotel in answer to the calls of
a vast assemblage in the square_ The evening was
beautiful.

Marriage of Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox

and Miss Towneley.

Yesterday the marriage of Lord Alexander
Gordon Lennox, third surviving son of the late Duke
of Richmond, and Mist Emily Frances Towneley,
second daughter of Colonel Charles and Lady
Caroline Towneley, was solemnised according to the
rites of the Catholic Church. The nuptial cere-
mony was performed in the first instance at the
Church of the Assumption (formerly known as the
chapel of the Bavarian Embassy), in Warwick-
street, Regent-street. The Very Rev. Edward:
Hearn, vicar-general, officiated, assisted by the Rev.
Thomas Flanagan, of Burnley, Lancashire. The
marriage rite was afterwards performed at St.
George's Church, Hanover-square, in accordance
with the ritual of the Established Church, when the
Rev. Alfred Lennox Peel, cousin of the noble bride-
groom, was the officiating clergyman.
The bride, who was given away by her father,
Colonel Towneley, was attired i❑ a rich white glacie
dress, richly trimmed with costly Brussels lace, the
headdress being a wreath of orange blossoms, and
a veil of Brussels lace. The bride 'core a pearl
necklace and diamond locket, the gift of the Duchess
(Dowager) of Richmond; a pearl and emerald
brooch, given by her mother, Lady Caroline Towne--
ley ; and a bracelet with a choice crystal centre set
with emeralds and diamonds, by her father.
The bride was accompanied to the altar by eight
bridesmaids, namely, her younger sister, Miss Alice
Towneley, Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, Lady
Blanche Craven, Hon. Caroline Stonor, Lady Cecilia
Molyneux, Miss Theresa Towneley, Lady Florence
Cecilia Paget, and Miss Lena Grenfell.
The bridegroom was attended by Sir Charles
Russell, who acted as " groomsman." The brides-
maids were all similarly attired in white, and each
wore a plaid scarf of the Gordon tartan.

A numerous assemblage of distinguished relatives
and friends of the Lennox and Towneley families
assembled at both places of worship, including
among others the Duchess (Dowager) of Richmond,
the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, Prince and
Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Lord and Lady
Camoys, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Lord and
Lady Norreys, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond
and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Towneley, &c., &c.
After the ceremony at St. George's Church the
principal members of the wedding party repaired
to the vestry, where the marriage was duly regis-
tered and attested, after which routine proceeding
the newly married couple and the company ad-
journed to Colonel and Lady Caroline To wneley's
house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, where a
sumptuous dijeuner was given to a circle of upwards
of 100 persons, connections of both families.
Among the company who met at the dejeuner
were hie Excellency Count d'Apponyi (Austrian
Ambassador), their Serene Highnesses Prince and
Princess Ed ward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke and
Duchess of Richmond and Ladies Caroline
and Florence Gordon Lennox and Lord F. C.
Gordon Lennox, the Marquis of Anglesey and
Lady Florence Paget, the Marchioness Maria
of Ailesbury, the Marchioness (Dow.) of Lothian
and Lady Alice Kerr, the Earl of Abingdon, the
Countess Craven and Ladies Craven (2), the Earl of
Sefton, the Countess (Dow.) of Jersey, the Countess
of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux and Hon. R.
Molyneux, the Countess of Newburgh, the Countess
of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, and Hon.
Alice and Hon. Edith Jocelyn, Count Wimpffen,
Count Corti, Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de
Redcliffe and Hon. Miis Canning, Viscountess Grey
de Wilton, Lady Aveland and Hon. Misses Heath-
cote (2), Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Lord
Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord George
Lennox, M.P., Lord and Lady Norreys,
Lady Mary Craven, Lady Seaford and Miss
Hardy, Dowager Lady Raglan and Hon. Cathe-
rine Somerset, Lord and Lady Camoys and Hon.
Misses Stonor, Lady Maria Molyneux, Dowager
Lady Shelly, Lady Howard, Lady Eveline de Burgh,
Lady Anthony Rothschild and Misses Rothschild
(2), Lady Harriet Ashley, Lady Arthur Lennox and
Misses Lennox (2), Hon. Henry Stonor, Hon. Mrs.
J. A. Villiers, Hon. H. C. Vivian, Hon. Mrs. and
Miss Heneage, Hon. Leopold Agu.p Ellis, Hon. F.
Bertie, the Right Hon- Henry T. L. Corry, M.P.,
and Miss Corry, Sir F. Johnstone, Sir C. Russell,
Sir Malcolm Macgregor, Sir Rowland Errington
and Misses Errington (2), Sir Laurence Peel, Mr.
C. and Lady Elizabeth Scrase Dickins, Mr. and
Hon. Mrs. Pereira, Colonel Farquharson, Colonel
Marshall, Major and Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. William
Russell, Mr. Algernon Greville, Mr. Chaplin, Mr.
H. R. Grenfell, M,P., Mr. C. Pascoe Grenfell, M.P.,
Mrs. Lane Fox, Mr. Macgregor, Mr. Alderson, Mr.
Peacocke, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Buckley, the Rev.
A. Lennox Peel, Mr. Percy Doyle, Mr. Earle-, Mr.
Baldwin, Mrs. Charteris, Mrs. John Leslie. Mrs.
Hobhouse, Mr. George Russell, Mr. and Hon, Mrs.
Maurice Drummond, Miss Drummond, Mr. e,nd
Mrs. John Towneley and Misses Towneley and
Mr. R. Towneley, &c.

At 20 minutes past three the happy couple took
their departure for Goodwood House, the seat of
the Duke of Richmond, in Sussex, to spend the
honeymoon.

The bridal presents were valuable and numerous.

The birthday of Prince Alfred—his Royal High-
ness having been born on August 6, 1844—,was celebrated
at Windsor yesterday with the customary rejoicings.
His Royal Highness the Count de Flandres,
attended by Major Burnell and suite, have arrived at the
Clarendon Hotel from Brussels.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Ladies
Lennox leave town early in the ensuing week for Gordon.
Castle, Fochabers, N.B.

The Duke of Newcastle is for the present sojourn.
ing at Ryde, Isle of Wight.

The Earl and Countess of Harewood and family
are staying at Harewood House, Yorkshire.
A SAYING OF MONTROND'S, WORTHY OF
IioCHEFOUCAuLD, " S'il vous arrive quelque-chose
d'heureux, no manqucz pas d'aller le dire a vos amis, afire
de leur faire de la peine."—Gr•onow's Rccollections and
Anecdotes.
SHAKSFEARE'S HANDWRITNG.—Hie "mind and
hand"—his first editors put on record, to their own con-
fusion in all after-time—" went together; and what he
thought, he uttered with that easiness, that wa• have
scarse received from him a blot in his papers." Yet of
all these precious, priceless MSS. not one solitary leaf
remains I

MOLIERE has been the subject of a great nuui-
ber of works of late, the last and best of them being
"Les R6icherches sur Moliere et sur sa Famine," by M.
E. Soulie. _ _

GROWTH OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.--From its
foundation in 1753 to the 31st of IVlareb, 1863, it is
um of :3,339,177
of the British
01l
177 has been expended
upon calculatedth the maintenance
that th es
Museum. The number of visitors to the general collec-
tions at various periods of ten years apart will serve to
show the progress of the institution. In 1805 the visitors
in 1815, 34,409; in 1825, 127,643 ; in 1835,
1845, 685,614; in 1851 (the Exhibition year)
w2Be9r,elol4ll;9Bion
2,527,216; in 1862 (the International Exhibition year),
895,077.