The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-29 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF

ANGLESEY.

Thig venerable and gallant nobleman expired this
Inclining, a few minute, before five o'clock, at his town
residence, Old Burlington-street, Piccadilly.

hardly a month passes without our having the melan-
oliedy duty of recording the death of some use or other
of our Peninsular heroes. tray by day they are drop-
; from us' and in a few short years a living Waterloo
'ret4'ran will be almost unknown. One of the most
illtu triune of the remaining few has died, full of years
and honours, leaving behind a name which will ever
Talc among the foremost in the annals of our most die-
tinl wished military chiefs.
short time since, as the public are aware, this vene-
rable and distinguished officer was, while taking his
stral morning walk, suddenly seized with an attack of
ralysis in one of the streets in the neighbourhood of
.t'iccadilly, on which occasion he was carried home by a
Itisntletuan who saw him lean for support against a lamp-
post, Under that attack his lordship never lost his
~
-P';rits—a circumstance which, favoured by medical aid,
Materially conduced to his recovery. Slight, however,
as the attack was, it did not fail to make a fearful inroad
.r.llhis general health, for, notwithstanding his recovery.
rut the paralysis, his strength and vigour have since
Cell slowly on the ebb, and so low had he sunk on yes
• family
morning as seriously to alarm the members of his
cl""4'l3' and household, who with all promptitude itinne-
irceteulsytasieunt for his lordship's surgeon, Mr. Ferguson, of
4's College. Every aid was of course administered
the dying hero, but in vain. He died sur-
°Voided by the iiiimediate` members of his family.
le„ElenrY William Paget, first Marquis of Anglesey and
1;'," and heir of the Earl of Uxbridge, was born on the
let of May, 1768, and few and unimportant are the
ails
tiiwhich have been preserved to us of this gallant
nobleman's early youth. All we know for certainty is,
Itreats when still very youth, young Paget was placed at
trninister School, which has lona since ranked loin
tillang its distinguished pupils, with Churchill, Colman,
°-Yd, Cumberland, Cowper, Warren Hastings, and Im-
Pey. After leaving Westininister, he was entered at
istchurch Oxford, and having passed through the
usuali university career with eclat, quitted Oxford about
s''°- At this time the ferment of Parisian opinions was
traakin
g all Europe to its very centre. Lord Paget
.._°llgh otherwise of liberal opinions, was, like the young
noblemen of his day, bitterly opposed to the democratic
and social maxims of the new regime. Unlike other
Young noblemen, however, he was not content with a
ere expression of adverse sentiments. With all that
"vivacious impetuosity which distinguished his subse-
quent career, he emixaced the military profession, and
raised among his father's tenantry the 80th Regiment of
• t, or Staffordshire Volunteers, which have since dis-
'lnguished themselves in almost every engagement of
et:,,, from the Pyramids to the Sutlej. Wee,' completed
coooo Lord Paget was presented with tee lieutenant-
loneley ; and on 400 more men being added to the regi-
4tent his lord • 4 offered the culonelcy, which,
r_lth rare discretionslP and moderation in so young a man,
''" Modestly decline,' on the ground of his not having
seen foreign service.' At this period the regulations
"",e introduced into the British army were not
e
rule
hr force, and Lord Paget's nomination to the per-
manent rank of a field officer militated against nu exist-
leg
a i
s-
of promotion. his father, who had been him-
Selfsoldier, honoured with the confidence of his So
-
W eagerly seconded the disposition of young.lenry William to take a share in the vast military
movements which were then going forward all over the
Accordingly, three months after the letter
,Of service, Lord Paget, with his regiment, embarked
for Guernsey, and from thence, in 1794, he joined his
°Yal Highness the Duke of York in Flanders ; and in
the alternate checks and triumphs of that campaign
on:inienced a military career which was destined to
!emanate so gloriously both for himself and his tour try.
In the disastrous repulse of Turcuing young Paget
earned a name for dashing bravery to which his after-
: e3gagereents could add but little. From the date of
that important cheek the English troops lost ground
4'4, retired rapidly upon Buis-le-Duet, and from
thence were driven across the Meuse. During this
Mereorable retreat, which was effected in the midst
of an intense frost, and in want of almost every lie-
rssary, Lord Paget, at the head of his gallant
acquired additional laurels ; and, although at
zuat time only twenty-five years of age, during the
temporary absence of Lord Cathcart, had the distinc-
tion of replacing that officer at the head of the brig ide.
• On his return to England in 1795, his lordship was
transferred from the 80th to the command of the
7th Light Dragoons, and sent down to Ipswich with
that and other bodies of cavalry under his command.
Ilere it was that his lordship commenced that series of
evolutioiaa, and laid the foundation of that system of
discipline, which effected an entire reform in cavalry
practice. Indeed, it was chiefly through the unwearied
Zeal and diligence displayed at the time by Lord Paget,
that our cavalry became the formidable and effective in-
strument which it proved itself in the fields of the Penin-
sula, and on the dreadful day of Waterloo.
At the close of the year 1799 his lordship again pre-
pared to accompany his Royal Highness the Duke of
York in the expedition to Holland. In the general at-
tack made on the 2d of October, 1799, Lord Paget was
attached to the division under the command of the Rus-
sian General de Herman, posted on the Sand Hills,
where his brilliant cavalry manoeuvres contributed ma-
terially to the victory that day obtained by British
troops, under circumstances of the most discouraging
nature. Late in the evening the enemy's cavalry hav-
ing been defeated in an attempt which they made upon
the :British Horse Artillery, were charged by Lord Pa-
get's brigade, and driven back, with considerable loss,
pearl y to Egmont-op-Zee. In the final retreat his lord-
ship's arduous services were recognised by his being
honoured with the difficult and dangerous duty of pro-
,,teetiing the rear. While engaged in this duty, a slur-
.
. Misit took place in which some pieces of our cannon were
napttired by the enemy, his lordship, with one squadron
Made a desperate attack upon the force of Gen Seinon,
amounting to sewn squadrons, utterly routed them,
renal itured the British and five of the enemy's cannon,
lusta ining a merely nominal loss.
Soun alter the return of the army from Holland on the
Istri f July, 1795, his lordship was united to Caroline
railizisbeth, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, by whom he
not
'eight children, but with wtioin, nevertte less, he did
lott m
I eau as hai.py a life as might naturally be anticipated.
f
r this time Lord Paget remained for some years de-
~otisg himself entirely to the di charge of his re;imental
:tie • By his unremitting attention and admirable dis-
Jilt le, the 7th Light Dragoons, in which he took much
Prid,, became one of the first cavalry corps in the
serviette
Tov.rards the close of 1808, having in the meantime
beenP t-azetted a major and lieutenant general, Lord
:get was ordered into Spain with two brigades of
Begin
7, consisting of the 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th
'gni lents of Hussars, to strengthen the corps of the
the under Sir David Baird, who was marchingver,°,llgh Galicia for the purpose of effecting a junction
the ‘o the main body advancing upon Salamanca under
brave but unfortunate Sir John Moore. Lord Paget
disembarked his force at Corunna, aalidst the innume-
nfgv4 difficulties opposed by the want of forage, the apathy
az,"l.l.;Spaniards, the tardy and insufficient supplies they
hard, very different to what either men or horses
een accustomed to, and proceeded in the route
oaten the division of Sir David Baird. On the 10th
rsei :ember Lord Paget arrived at Zamora, and, after
of eSig and laborious march, brought up to the assistance
It John an active and well equipped body of cavalry.
firl9, ion the night of the 24th of November, the very
13'14:lit of poor Moore's disastrous though masterly
Berea t
that Lord Paget effected this j unction. On that
urior able night, to use Moore's own words in the
°ea •
tied of war, " It was clear the bubble had burst, and
that s
be "q must have a run fur it." Not a moment was to
Isslost in hurrying forward the retreat, for the patrols
:iCaliiiileon's army were already in sight, and had actu-
slice atm up with the rear of the British columns, while
ajautt u the same time was pushing forward at the other
tete. Then succeeded the miseries of this long and bit-
-26'414'1'6h. Then were they sometimes driven forward
of Mil ea a day over rocks and mountains, in the midst
rail i and snow and to npests, enduring all the suffer-
-175° cd hunger, cold, and thirst, and with an insulting
enenly •
the ZO th of sricssa
ecntemly heraraa jussing teir flank and rear. On
b • was effected with the
sisic'n under Baird, and at that time Lord Paget was
,taboiled with his division of cavalry a few miles from
hosgnm- At the latter place a body of the enemy's
41'e, amounting to 700, had been posted, which his lord-
-411s? pl .oposed, by a rapid movement, to cut off from the
oaa body of the French forces. Accordingly, at 2 o'clock
d!' tile morning of the 21st, Major-General Stale was
ae,Patc:hed by a different route than that which his lord-
pyoposed pursuing, with the 10th Dragoons, while
A °l'd Paget, with the 15th, moved rapidly in a contrary
smirecti‘.in, reached Sahagum from the other side, and
• nrPrised a picquet of the enemy. Unfortunately, some
; len eficaped and gave an alarm, which afforded the
rencla an opportunity of forming in an advantageous
Position in the outskirts of the town. The strength of
this Pest was particularly favourablefrom a steep hollow,
Waich opposed any regular charge of the British cavalry ;
d some delicate manoeuvres were thus forced upon
Ord Paget in order to gain the advantage of the
:r°111a(1 for his intended operation. Here the practical
-1,6811114; of the long training and consummate abilities of
`"8 lordship were displayed to some effect. He out-
-111, anumvred the enemy, and charged them while getting
into line. The rapidity wet force with whicn our
cavalry rushed on could not be withstood by the French
--their line was broken, slaughter and total dispersion
"on followed. Two lieutenant colonels and upwards of
200 other prisoners were the fruits of this bold and well-
Planned expedition.
In the remainder of the retreat his cavalry brigade
brought
up the rear, when his lordship's somewhat
Imprudent ardour frequently exposed him to emi-
hteut danger. Skirmishes, of course, were of more
,I?an daily °mime' ce, but by the masterly disposi-
tion of his lordship, and the c )I:summate discipline and
,alacrity he had ii.fused into his brigades, the British
tr?`1118 were enabled to continue their retreat with
trifling loss, At Majorga a well-directed attack was
executed on a considerable force of the enemy by a de-
' ta:lv hment of the 10th Hussars. in which the British
_ successful, and upwards of 100 of the French, mend
officers, made prisoners. At Benevento, Lord
raget's division was fiercely attacked by thd chasseurs
of the Imperial Guard. The picquets along the river
Eala having been driven in, his lordship reinforced them
with inlying picquets and a part of the German
Imperialrw hic which
Guards.gallantly
Lkoerpdt inpa checkget
havingsi squa
arriveddrons
on
the
the spot found them engaged in a bloody
skirmish. He
eventually sent fur the 10th, gave orders f •r ail attack
With the picquets, while he formed the 10th ' and
°,ll-arged at their head with such impetuous gallantry
Wit the Imperial Guards were utterly overthrown, with

the loss of a general, seven officers, and 100 men made
prisoners, and nearly as many killed.
By a continued series of such bold operations Lord
Paget gradually acquired for the English cavalry that
high vestige which they so well maintained in subse-
quent campaigns, and the very able manner in which the
r-treat upon Corunna was protected throughout by the
Hussar division obtained the approbation of the la- ,_
merited commander, and will ever continue a theme for
admiration and example to the rest of the army. Had
-
the list of the noble marquis's services terminated at
this period, he must have carried with him from the
Spanish coast the reputation of one of the most gallant
spirits of those stirring times, and decidedly the most
brilliant cavalry officer in the army.
In the Autumn of 1806 Lord Paget returned to Eng-
land, where he remained for some time, taking no part
in the Peninsular campaigns. During this time his
lordship was divorced from Lady Paget, and then mar-
ried Lady Cowley, who was divorced from Lord Cowley
in 1810. From 1806 to 1812 Lord Paget sat in the
Rouse of Commons as representative for Milburn Port,
when the death of his father, in the latter year, removed
him to the House of Peers as Earl of Uxbridge. But,
though gifted with strong common sense, and much
keen penetration, Lord Uxbridge's natural scene of
action was not in a legislative assembly, and events
were rapidly preparing employment for his genius on
more congenial subjects.
Early in March, 1815, all Europe was thunderstruck
by Napoleon's sudden burst into France from his island
cage. The allies recalled their scattered armies, and
again took the fiel I. This campaign was to be fought
by minutes. Both sides knew well that all depended
on time. By a happy appointment the command of the
large cavalry forces attached to the Anglo-Belgian army
was given to the Earl of Uxbridge. Of his bearing and
exploits on that field, when the Imperial power was
broken for ever, it is needless to speak. His deeds have
been the theme of orator and historian, and are too
familiar in all their incidents to require repetition. Con-
spicuous for bravery when all were brave, leading on his
brigades to charge after charge, and exciting applause
even among the French officers, he contributed largely
to the success of the operations by which the day was
won, and left a limb behind him to attest the gallantry
with which his person was exposed to the fearful acci-
dents of the field. Almost one of the last cannon-shot
fired by the flying foe struck his lordship in the right
knee, inflicting a wound which rendered immediate am
putation necessary, and the leg of the hero having been
appropriated as a relic by the owner of the house in
which the operation was performed, lies buried beneath
a oTeen mound in a garden oppositethe inn at Waterloo.
For his part in this great event the Earl of Uxbridge
was, on the 23d of June, 1815, created Marquis of
Anglesey, and he largely shared in all the other rewards
with which a grateful country hailed her victorious sol-
diers.
In politics Lord Anglesey played a rather conspicuous
part. Under Mr. Canning's brief administration he
succeeded the Duke of Wellington as Master-General of
the Ordnance, with a seat in the Cabinet. On the Ist
of March, 1828, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland. Here his characteristic impetuosity and liberal
opinions betrayed his lordship into taking a decided part
with Daniel O'Connell and the Catholic Association,
which led to his immediate recal, after having held office
one year. He was succeeded in the Viceroyalty by the
late Duke of Northumberland.
In December, 1830, his lordship was again appointed,
and arrived in Dublin on the 23d. Hre he was re-
ceived by the good citizens with anything but a popular
manifestation of feeling, in consequence of his lordship's
-iupport of Lord Chief Justice Doherty against Daniel
O'Cosneli. The feeling of irritation, such as it was, was
much increased by his lordship's issuing a proclamation,
on the 25th of December, against an. intended procession
of the trades of Dub in to the house of the Irish Libera-
tor, in Merrion square. The affair, however, was no-
thing snore than a nine days' wonder, and soon blew
over, and his lordship eventually regained in Ireland all
the popularity which he formerly possessed, and to which
he was justly entitled.
In 1834 the noble marquis resigned the Viceroyalty
in consequence of declining health, and from that
period he took little part in public affairs. He rested
his fame entirely upon his military services, which in
this country, as well as wherever the cause of European
liberty is valued, must always entitle him to the highest
consideration. His lordship, as well as being a Knight
of the Garter. was a member of most of the principal
military orders in Europe.—Morning _Herald.

At the moment when we are beginning a new war we
have to announce the death of one of the heroes of our
last great struggle Field-Marshal the Marquis of
Anglesey, in his 86th year.
It any sense of relief mingled with the regrets for the
death of Welling' on, it was that the Waterloo Banquets
came to an end. As more and more of the Waterloo
heroes dropped off, the ceremony came to have more
of mourning than of cheerfulness in it. The drinking to
the memory of those who were gone was done in a more
and more solemn silence, and no doubt it sometimes
crossed the minds of those present that the Duke him-
self might possibly be the last survivor. There was
some comfort in its not being so. Here is another of the
band, now gone, who kept one anniversary of Waterloo
in his owned mind, and perhaps liked that banquet
better than the brilliant one at Apsley-house. The issue
of the institution (as we may call it) of the Waterloo
Banquet reminds one irresistibly of that club of the last
century, the members of which (all old friends) pledged
themselves to keep their anniversary meeting as long as
any of them lived. The numbers dwindled till there
were four grey old men to play the rubber, and sit round
the now small supper table. Next year there were three,
and they played dlimmy. When there were but two, they
reused the cards, and sat talking with their feet on the
fender. At last there was but one, and he faithfully
fulfilled his pledge—spent the evening alone with his
bottle of port, in the old room, li.'tening to the fall of
the cind,rs, which was the only break in the silence.
Wellington was not left to this survivorship, which was
not much relieved by the presence of unqualified and
younger men ; and it is well that his imposing club is
broken up with him. He left nne senior—the old friend
who has now followed him. The most interesting per-
sonage, perhaps, at the funeral of the Duke was the
aged Marquis of Anglesey. When, just after daybreak
on that November morning, his carrirge, surrounded by
an escort of the Blues, entered the park, a manifest
thrill pervaded the assembled multitude—every man of
whom knew how fiercely and how long he had suffered
for his gallantry, i u the last of England's European
battles ; and probably every one felt, as be must have
himself felt, that he would ere long take his place in the
train of finerals which are sanctified by the glories of
Waterloo. The grey, shattered, tremulous old comrades
who stool lo•,king down into the crypt at St. Paul's
were an affecting spectacle, and among them the Mar-
qms of Anglesey was conspicuous, as bearing the Field-
Marshal's baton of the deceased. It seemed to be his
own farewell to the public,—and so it has proved.—
Daily News.

THE LATE CAPTAIN FOOTE.

The following is a copy of a letter addressed by 20
20
Mr. Sloggett, the surviving officer of the unfortu-
nate calamity which resulted in the death of the
late Captain John Foote, of the Conflict, to W.
Hodson, Esq.
" Her Majesty's Ship Conflict, Memel, April 19.
"My dear Sir,--Although I feel myself scarcely equal
to the sad task of writing to you, I cannot allow the post
to leave without doing so, as I know well how gladly you
will receive any details of the sad accident of which I was
unhappily a witness. Lieutenant }lore, who is now in
temporary command of the ship, has already related to
you the account of the death of Captain Foote, though no
words can express the sorrow and grief felt by every officer
and man for a captain so much and so deservedly beloved.
Although so short a time of the coqunission has elapsed,
his constant, unvarying kindness, his thoughtful care for
the comforts and even the convenience of every one, and
his mild amiability of temper in command had so endeared
him to every one, that his loss is felt as that of a near rela-
tive, an of I and valued friend. Mr. Fiore has explained to
you the reasons of the ship being at this port, and of the
captain's motive for landing. As I was anxious to see the
town, he very kindly asked me to accompany him, and had
ordered dinner on board at five o'clock, to which he had
invited his officers. This being a bar harbour, with a very
rapid river, the wind on shore makes a tremendous surf on
the bar. Though, when we left the ship yesterday morn-
ing, there was a light breeze, there was no danger to be
apprehended, and we crossed the bar without getting a
drop of spray. After calling on the commandant of the
town, the captain arranged all the business necessary for
sending home the prizes, and left the shore at half-past 4
o'clock.
" The captain, knowing that the surf is often dangerous
on this bar, made many inquiries as to whether the sea had
risen, but could not learn of it being more than in the
morning, when crossing was perfectly safe. Indeed, neither
he nor I was at all aware of the increase of surf on the bar
until we were nearly in the midst of it, and then too late too
return. The first sea which struck us filled the boat ;
the
second turned her over. I saw the captain swim away man-
fully for the shore. then about half a mile off; but, encum-
bered with his reatcoat andboots, and having in addition to
struggle against the rapid current which set him backon the
breakers, he was not long able to bear up against it, and was
saran to go down by one of the crew, the only man saved
but myself. The boat's crew were five, four of whom were
drownea with the captain ; three of them managed to get
on the boat's keel, but only one was able to keep his hold,
I and he was washed off three times. By the gracious in-
terposition of Providence, I was enabled to get hold of a
couple of oars and support myself until the surf-boat came,
which was about 20 minutes. They picked me up just as
I had let go the oar in a state of insensibility.
" The pilots entertain no very strong hopes of recover-
ing the bodies, from there being a strong undercurrent set-
ting into the Baltic ; but ever} search is being made along
the coast, and, if the body of the captain is found, arrange-
ments will be made by the British Consul for the proper
sepulture of the remains.
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churches.
" In conclusion, I can only express to you, my dear Sir,
the wish that I may be of some further service. Any wishes
of your own with reference to the captain's property on
board will be attended to as a sacred duty by Mr. Hare
Perhaps, when Mrs. Foote is able to listen to these details
they may tend in some way to soothe her, though I fear
indeed, it will be long,. very long, ere such can happen.
" I remain, dear Sir, very truly yours,
" W. H. SLOGETT
" W. Hodgson, Esq. Plymouth."

ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—Three vessels arrived yesterday
from Australia with 26,200 ounces of gold, valued at
104,8001.—viz., the Joshua, which left Melbourne on
the 30th of January, with 12,000 ounces ; the Victoria,
from Adelaide the Ist of January, with 8,200 ounces ;
aid the TO:kme., the same port the 28th of Decem-
ber, it about, 6,000 also bring cargoes
of wool and copper. The Lima likew
dise, expected daily,
has on freight 15,000 ounces of
gol,