The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-13 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

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The Princess of Wales drove out on Satin-dal;
attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. ied
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accomPall ,0
by the Prince of Leiningen, went to the St. Janes
Theatre in the evening.
P 'nce
The Prince and Princess of Wales and the - ri
of Leiningen, with the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and 313.1,e
Teesdale in waiting, attended Divine service at tm
Chapel Royal St. James's yesterday morning-
The Communion Service was read by the Pe •
the Sub-dean and Rev. J. V. Povah. ut''
Anthem—" 0 Lord, thou hast searched we °
(Croft), sung by Messrs. Lawler, Benson, and

Foster.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. the Sub-
dean, from Genesis, chap. i., v. 31. f St,
The Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke o st.
Albans, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of
Germans, the Bishop of St. David's, Lord Southavir
ton, Lord Harris, and Lord Crewe attended the ser-
vice.

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Death of the Duke of Northumberlalici"
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Sunday Sight.
The most profound sorrow has been occasioned in
all the Northumberland towns to-day by the suds
den death of the Duke of Northumberland,
took place this morning at a quarter to 3 o'cloe' tit
Alnwick Castle.
Nearly all the churches in Alnwick, Shields' and
other places have been tolling muffled peals,
men of all parties look upon the Duke's deatliic
the midst of his benevolent labours, as a for
calamity. The Duke had been in failing he
d ;
some time, his disease being gout in the right 11311 r
but it was not until last night that dangerous srtlicii
toms appeared. Medical advice was ininledia

summoned from this town. , vjiri of
The deceased, Algernon Percy, Duke an ra 00
Northumberland, Earl and Baron Percy, erl
Lacy, Poynings, Fitz Payne and Bryan, I.,',3t:dhoe
and Warkworth, also Baron Prudhoe, of “:" the
Castle, in the county of Northumberland, Lrl the
peerage of Great Britain, and a baronet, llthe,
second and youngest son of Hugh, second -bier
by his second wife, Frances Julia, third dalt.iihy
of Mr. Peter Burrell, and aunt of Lord Willeti° se-
d'Eresby. He was born December 15, 17921 c:sed
quently had just entered his 73d year. 1:41: servicejeci-ie.ulio
nobleman was educated for the navy, 1
he entered in March, 1805, on board the
-'Fame,
nett commanded by Capt. Robert 11. 'Fvoe,
nett ;he was afterwards midshipman in the tha
74, in which ship he was actively employed °Do of
coast of Catalonia in 1809 ; and, raidshiPluatioa
the Hydra, commanded a gunboat in co-op the
with the patriots on the coast of Andalusia
following year. As acting captain of the Cal„e
he took part in a partial action with the rrt tho
fleet off Toulon in 1813, and was present a „st
taking of Genoa in 1814. After obtaining his retry
he went on half-pay, and was not subseque t illafloat. He obtained his commission as lieutenall„l;
Dec., 1811 ; he became commander in March, 160're,
captain in August, 1815 ; rear-admiral on the
,em
served list in November, 1850 ; vice-admiral Jay'
1857 ; and admiral in October, 1862.
eer by the title
In August, 1816, he was created a p
of Baron Prudhoe, of Prudhoe Castle, a bare°l3,
which becomes extinct by his death. He Pasea
many years in travelling abroad, and for a 1°,11,1-.
period devoted himself to investigating the relo3L:
of ancient Egypt and the Holy Land, at 3 t-,,t('
when Biblical chronology was less studied than i'br
the present day. The Duke succeeded to the
honours and princely estates on the death ocf
eb,
brother Hugh, third Duke, on the 11th a 25th
ruary, 1847. His Grace was married on
tile eldest
of August, 1842, to Lady Eleanor Grosvenor? ienycs
daughter of the Marquis of Westminster, htl
no issue. •es 110
His Grace was a Conservative inpolitl- •
iralv.l
14-a 011
cepted the office of First Lord of Adra
the drainistra-
the formation of the Earl of Derby's first— until tile,
tion in 1852, and remained in the Cabinet that
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break-up of the Government in pec}, of
em-er
inor
year. The late Duke was made a Privy Colt° (1,
office, taking and the same g ina
year (1852) Wa-, /or
Knight of the Garter. He was constable 3v
of tile
ceston Castle, and, as such, was an efficeri 852 l'°
Duchy of Cornwall. For a short time iin
was special Deputy Warden of the Stanna t
ks•ford,
1841 he was created an honorary D.C.L. a (); de-
From his first succession to the dukedom t pool
ceased nobleman took an active part in the c°
and improvement of his extensive proPertY; as on
comfort of his cottagers and the poorer cis'ci he
his estates was his first consideration, alltbeir
expended an enormous sum in rebuilding its,
dwellings on the most improved plan. lie ifarel
interested himself deeply in their spiritual We at
and erected no less than ten new chttrelles.co,
his own cost in populous but neglected distroj ce.
a lasting proof of his princely munificence
It is said thas within the last ten years his r:
,- this
expended more than half a million of moneY 'llOO
praiseworthy manner alone. At an enormous fine
he restored and beautified Alnwick Castle, °leo,.
old feudal residence of the noble House a rer 64,
The late Duke was a Fellow of the Royal Geo'
of the Society of Antiquaries, of the ReY43.xtro'
graphical Society, and a member of the RoYa' also
nomical and other learned societies. Ile w.„9,,5bie
munificent supporter of many of our char'''. r
stitutions ; was president of the Westroinsteo.,croo
Middlesex Hospitals, vice-patron of Charilifocietil
Hospital, president of the Seamen'sHos-pital Peesarlf
president of the Westminster General Pisl) pre"
vice-president of the Royal Humane Soeie 601
sident of the Royal National Lifeboat Ins S°-
vice- vice-president of the Royal Naval Benel":4te of tro
ciety, &c. His Grace was also presid,en,t
Royal United Service Institution, presiae' ctorl°
Royal Institution of Great Britain, a dire,
the British Institution, and a trustee of the
Museum. 0 tl"e'4
By the death of the Duke without issue itll,o ,„
and greater portion of the estates dew Or;
Geo. Percy, second Earl of Beverley, whe,seah,
Algernon, first Earl, was second son of W1471100';
Duke of Northumberland. He was boill,:scoll:'
1778, and was married in 1801 to Louisa J.;-piare/
third daughter of the late Hon. Arehib3ilovsjil
Wortley Mackenzie, and is father of Lord Lord
M.P., and Lady Atherton, &c. He wasiagq,96, 317
the Treasury from May, 1804, to Feb.! ',-nvo.r
was Captain of the Yeomen of the Guardde
to 1846. i.e fela`o
The present Duke is descended, bY heiTe
line, from the noble House of Percy. whollllB
of the 11th Earl of Northumberland" efsinlJ•7l
0
ceeded to the baronial honours only of °let (tll,
married Charles, 6th Duke of Someile,
" proud Duke"), and their son, the 7th Pon rad'
in g been summoned to Parliament as 13ar th
was created Earl of Northumberland, j.rl.Yll-1001,11/:
mainder (having no male issue) to and 6 f
Smithson, who had married his daughterr °
Ea 0f
heir. Sir Hugh, who succeeded to the )UlO of
Northumberland in 1750, was created e
Northumberland in 1766, and assumed the
Percy on succeeding to the earldom.
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SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.--4t "he
oijegratto,sirgi T:te
the Committee of Management. of Niiag's C
held on Friday last, Mr. Robert Pryor in 91 reeestol
friend and liberal supporter of the charity, attended
that his name should not be mentioned, ',so¢, b.ij
handed to the chairman the raunificent sura eacji,
16 new life governor's donations of 30 guinethi
of the:current expenses of the hospital.