The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-01 00:00:00

DEATH OF LORD COWLEY.

We regret to announce the decease of the above respected
nobleman, who expired at Paris cn Tuesday last, after an
illness of some duration.

The deceased nobleman, as our readers are aware, filled
the office of British Ambassador at the French Court up to
a recent period; on his Lordship's retirement from that offiee
he came to England, in company with Lady Cowley; but,
after a short stay in this country, returned to Paris, where,
about six weeks since, he was attack' with the serious ill-
ness which has just terminated in his death.
The deceased Peer, Henry Wellesley, Baron Cowley of
Wellesley, county of Somerset, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom, G.C.B. and P.C., was the fiitth and youngest son
of Garnett first Earl of Mornington, by the eldest daughter
of the first Earl of Dungarvon, and was consequently
brother to the Duke of Wellington. the lete Marquis
Wellesley, and the late Earl of Mornington. lle was born
January 20th, 1773, and was consequently seventy-four
years of age. His Lordship's widow is a sister of the pre-
sent Marquis of Salisbury. He has had issue three sons and
two daughters, viz., the Hon. Richard Charles Wellesley,
Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople (now
RLord
Cowley), born in 1804 ; the IL,n. William, Captain
the Hon. Charlotte, born in 1807, and marries to Lord
Hon.
Grosvenor; the Hon. and Rev. Gerard; and the o.
took a prominent part in the intern
Georgiana Charlotte Mary, born in 1817. LordffCa4i7sloeyf sel-
domthis
internal
irael rendered
country. His services have been almost
In Y
this
many latter
cahbaroraacdtemr,thinedeVhcae
paclty
distinguishedo f a
h i diplomatist.mseltelo'n
occa-
sions. For many years he was the British Ambassador at
the Court of Vienna; and on the accession of Sir Rfkert
Peel to power in 1841, he proceeded in a similar capacity to
Paris, where he remained during the whole of that Right
Hon. Baronet's administration, and on retirement was tic-
ceeded by the Al arquis of Normanby. In politics the de-
ceased held opinions similar to those professed by his illus-
trious brother the Duke of Wellington, who held his proxy
in the Upper House. In 1828 he rceived his Peerage by
patent, the Duke being at the time Premier. He was a Privy
Councillor of 1829. The son and successor of the deceased,
the Hon. Henry Richard, already mentioned, married in 1833
the Hon. Olivia Cecilia de Roos, second daughter of the late
Henry Fitzgerald and Charlotte Baroness de Roos. The re-
mains of the deceased nobleman will, it is expected, be
brought to England for interment.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

A morning performance, en event, we believe, unprece-
dented in the annals of this theatre, took place at Drury-
lane onThursday. The object was to afford thejuvenile mem-
bers of the Royal Family an opportunity of seeing the
gorgeous spectacle, The Desert, and Mr. Hughes's Mam-
moth establishment. The theatre was lighted up as for a
regular evening performance. At half-past two her Majesty,
accompanied by Prince Albert, the Prince of Wale., the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, entered the royal
box. Her Majesty the Queea Dowager also honoured the
performance with her presence, and occupied her usual box.
The performance commenced with the second Act of theßohe-
noon Girl, supported by Miss Rainforth and Messrs. Borrari
Stretton, Harley, and Harrison. This was followed by the grand
Oriental spectacle of the Desert, in which the wonderful per.
formances of the artistes, both biped and quadruped, elicited
audible expressions of intense delight from the beautiful
children who crowded every part of the theatre. Everything
went off with the greatest eclat, and the royal party, who
seemed greatly delighted by all that they had witnessed,
remained until the curtain fell, when they were attended
by Mr. Bunn to their carriages. The crowd in
the street cheered them heartily as they passed along.
Amongst the company present were the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford, Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Marchioness of
Douro, Lord and Lady Howe, Lord Denbigh, Lady Graham
Captain Lang Meeson, Colonel Phipps, Colonel Knox, Col.,
l3ouverie, Colonel Weals's, Lady Wotnbwell, Countess of
Charlemont, Lady A,lnes Duff; Lady Simpkinson, Sir John
and Lady Campbell, Captain Mildmay, Colonel Desvcelix.
Sir Alexander Duff, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Hon. Captain Etz
v
maurice, Baroness de Goldamid, Lady Charles Wellesley
Mr. Hussey Packe. Baron de Lord James Stuait'
Major Sandwith, Miss Wynnes Wynne, Madame Murrietta,
Lady Caroline Barrington, Coutites:: E igd.n. Major at 1
Mrs. Euston, Lady Carrington, G. Rickards, Esq.,Hoo. Mi6n3
Stanley, Lady Meux, Hon. Mrs. Filzgtbbomi,

LORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS ON THE HOLY LAND.
--A Fourth and Cheaper Edition of the above work, re-
vised. and complete in one volume, price 10. Gd. bound, is
published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may now lie had of
aII Booksellers. The following interesting works have also
just been published by Mr. Colburn• Narrative Of an
Overland Journey Round the World, by Sir Georsx Simpson,
Governor in Chief of the Hudson's Bay Compfiiv's f c.reito-
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Revelations of Portugal, by the Author of " Revelations of
Spain," Second Edition, 2 vo:s., 253.
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EXTRAORDINARY VERDICT.—An inquest was held
the other day at. the Old Swan, on the body of a your g• now who, on returning from Liverpool with a miik cart, was un-
fortunately killed by falling under the cart, the wheel of
which passer( ever his head The facts having; been clearly
proved, tile ti.renian of the jury announced a v •rdict of
manxlaughter againJ the cart-wheel and be:mr, convinced
that tile wheel, and the wheel only, was in mutt, persisted
in tbat verdict, despite of all the explimatious of the coro-
ner. --Liverpool paper.

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JUNG (N TiMitSDAY NIGHT.

• DERISY
I I tf) 2 slot R Sir, Pigot's Coop)4llant-6 to .1 fakes
11 to 2 agst Mr. Pedie, C.)SS ck—taken
8 to 1 agst Lord Egiinton's Van Tromp
10 to 1 ago Mr. Mostyrei Mr. Mattin
14 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt
16 to 1 apt Mr. Mostyn's Planet
20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota
40 to 1 agst Mr. Guliv's Mathematician
40 to 1 twat Duke of •Itichrtoolid's Re, dart
40 to 1 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port
45 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstont's Ulysses ,
1000 to 10 agst Lord Orford's Zipporah colt—taken
2000 to 40 agst Bowe.'s Epirote— taken
1001) to 15 asst Mr. E. 1. Irudn'e 1-I,,ru of Chase

1000 to 10 a-gq, Mr. Alien's Not tit:gbam
2000 to 15 agst Mr. L. Fox'. Philosopher—taken

OAKS.

4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementine
8 to I agst Mr. .1. Day's Farm, r's Daughter
15 to 1 ag-t Mr. Mee. el's t: oat of Quilt Arnold's don'
FRIDAY. three
The Eaton Stakes of 13 cove. each. 5 ft. with 30 added ; „
year phis Est 101 e, four vrs Bst 101 b, flities and geluifle*
allowed 41b ; Grosvenor Course. (6 Sobs.)
Mr. I'. Dawson ed St. Leon, 3 VIS... ........
A Free Handicap Stakes of 11 ;ties each. b ft, with 50
ad
Three querters ot a mile. (32 Subs.) „ ee,e) I
Mr. Worthington's Sharston, 4 vre 6st I Ilb (rr""'-' 2
Mr. Walter's Retcliffe. 6 erre, 7et slb ....... ..........
The following also started but were not placed :--slinee
The Cur, Spithead, The Jolly Begggr,an-ffurras,
in-kindness. Elizabeth, Banana, Brown Fly, Dipthongt "
-.Walked odvedez.
die), Lady Luewell, Jlie, The Megnet. e 1
Betting— r7to 2 agstu Sharstote 7to 2 eget Spitheme to
agst Evt'nus, 6 to 1 agst The Cur, and 8 to t agst Vac-
Durres. fourth
Won by a length ; Spithead third ; the Magnet fin'
and Abdiel fifth. Run in 1 min. 20 sec.
The Cheshire Stakes of 25 sons. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if e"
elated, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake°. ea.)
mile and three furlongs. (49 Subs., 22 of whom deele''', e
.
Mr. Gully's Mendicant, 4 yrs, Bst ...... (F. Butler/ 2
Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, 6 yrs, Bst 6!1e........ .....
Mr. Mostvn's Sagacity. 3 yrs, sst 21b ..........
811..........
The following were not placed :—Pam, 5 yrs.
.11-1110
Sweetmeat, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—Vanish, 4 yrs,
Dart, 5 yrs, 6st 91b. h tot
Betting-6 to 4on Mendicant, 3to 1 apt Vanish city
eget The Dart, 7 to 1 agst Godfrey, and 7to 1 apt eds
Won in a canter, by three lengths. Run in 2 nun 71- oro
The Wirral Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added, for,ee se.
year old colts Est 121 b, three 9st ; fillies and geld:rebel
lowed 31b ; the second to save his stake; T.Y.C. i
Mr. Mee-son's Jovial CallowaY 2
Lord Stanley's Abdiel ..................... ...........
. Mr. Osbahleston's Buckstone ...........................................
Mr. J. Lillie's Tory Ban .....................•3••te
Betting: 5 to 4 agst Jovial, 6 to 4 agst Abdiel, and eee.
agst Buckstone. Won very easy. Run in 1 min. 20
-0111
ROYAL MATERNITY CI-L."—
FESI IVAL.
The ninetieth anniversary of this excellent charity,sebtab
was instituted in the year 1757, for the purpose of afford';or
medical assistance to poor married women dunng their the
in at their own habitations, was celebrated yesterday
London Tavern; Sir George Larpent, Bart.. in the chair.
so
- Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down at six o'clock t'i'e of
excellent dinner, which was served up in the best 2°Y The
those admirable caterers. Messrs. Bathe and Breache. Tarmusical arrangements were under the direction of Nfre Tar
ner, and during the course of the everting several seVeers.
glees were admirably given by Miss Thornton. and
Young, Turner, Sporle, F. Smith, and G. Buckland.ooo,
Farquharson Smith presided at the pianofortes Mr'
officiated as toast- master. ok,
The usual loyal and national toasts having been &lets of
The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the health of the v"-, The
Wellington, the President of the Society.—(Cheers:/
roe
Duke had, on two occasions, presided at their arluteetoog
festivals., and as a proof of the interest which his Gra held
in the society he would mention, that he at that metope being
in his hand an autograph of the Doke of Wellingio the
a recommendation which his Grace had written grif the see
last five days for a poor woman as a patient °
cietv.—(Cheers.)
Drank with three times three.
Quartette—" See the Conquering Hero Comes" of the
The CHAtamew then rose to propose the too'
evening. "Prosperity to the Royal Maternity Chew... too
(Cheers.) This society wvs peculiarly worthy of 90 the
support, inasmuch as its object was to administer t the
necess.ties of the most interesting part of the crecion,a,lhis
most interesting period of their existence; and it Ilse eed
especial and distill, uishing characteri-aic, that it relln‘e
the sufferings of the poor without depriving them ot 1,:to
comforts of home.—(Hear, hear.) It did not ceps
husband and wife—(Cheers)—it did not deprive the childre,
of the poor man of the presence of their mother.--(
14fe
!pawed cheering. It had greatly increased its 50.7.
of usefulness. During the first year of its ex's. :
ence it had afforded relief to thirty-five perse%;
(tiring the last year the number of Pers'us 3 too.
had been relieved by the societv, amounted /fettle's bY
satintdutisoinn,ce36joa,noouoar.)Fela‘rssotinthhead bee" ref-coons
Stliinecaeocitisetyi.n,
relieved amounted to 900, and the' !icy of these wereas
inhabitants of the poorest districts of the'n'ae,eopolis, aachth.
Sou ,
Spitaltields, Houndaditch, Bethnal Green, Shoreditcho
wark, and Bermondsey. He regretted to
ma. numberP
say during
there had
been a great falling off in the funds of the society. durinf the
past year, but the committee, notwithstanding, baeteed.
termined to enlarge the sphere of its usefulness, bY tows
ing its limits to the whole district included within the
delivery of the General Post. On these grounds he
the friends of the charity to be liberal in their subscripL_ ed
os•
and concluding by calling upon all present to drink
perity to the the Royal Maternity Charity.
Drank with three times three.
Song—e Now or Never"—Mr. Sporle. which
The SECRETARY then read the list of subscriptiotts,,re
included the names of Sir G. Larpent, 20/. ; the Lord ellhi;
101. ; Earl Ducie. 101. ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, 10/. ; the ve l:r
of Buccleucb, 251. ; Sir I. L. Goldsmid, 5 guineas.
sti
subscriptions amounted altogether to a considerablearitred
Several other toasts were drunk, and the company sap
at about eleven o'clock.
GeAnemrsoln,gAltihredoseSpmreeese,
Saunders, E q., Comptroller of the City ;
lEitscizeF.oßb.sserv., eDdr.tßheinuTdueritispr.C.s;
Francs
for
many, Esq. ; Greenway, Esq. (who returned th X
gtheentieimeee-nProefsigdreenatt.)em;nißneevn.ceMirn.
tJhoehcesoityn.,
ne but 13f:
had promised to honour the festival by his Pre"- e' ace 0.
Lordship was prevented from attending in conseque
the sitting of the Court of Common Council.
ON IN
THE AMERICAN SQUAre,D,II
aTiihde s voerrda lx.,ostyhoe
THE GULF OF A1E.2",-, "...corrected list
We understand that the following entrating
of the United States naval forces now C"II
in
the Gulf of Mexico. They furnish afborinr
ar
went on the seaside to cover the •
troops and to assist in taking the Castle:—akiadtlble Qtr
Gant
de
Line of battle ship Ohio, Captain Stringham ....•• •• 74:
Frigate Potomac, Captain Aulick
Frigate Raritan, Captain Forest
Sloop of war John Adams, Commander M'Cluney 94)„„
Sloop of war St. Mary's, Commander Saunders .....
0
Sloop of war Albany, Captain Breese ........ .
Sloop of war Germantown, Commander B ......
'-
odterHPoninc Pinckney
knuc
.......
.........
...
..
Sloop of war Saratoga, Commander Faragut
Ltinutmenaan
SBlrologpoof twwaiirrpllorepcostisuer: 10
Schooner of war, Bonito, Lieutenant Bet.n-h-a.m..
Schooner of war Reefer, Lieutenant Ste a t ....
I
Steamer
Schoonertteeaammee
rrwarpmorfiisnsci
sestiopPnp.eite rel, Lieutenant Shawrr t • -
Commander
Commander
E Adamsngie ............ x. h. a. I 9:
Steamer Spitfire, Commander Tatnall .
Steamer Vixen Commander Sands
Steamer Maclean, Captain Howard
Steamer Union, Captain Rudd .................................... -g
Steamer Hunter, Lieutenant M‘Laughlin
Steamer Scorpion, Commander Biglow, 64-pr ...... .
Steamer Scourge, Lieutenant Hunter ............ r
Stoteship Relief, Lieutenant Bullus .................... „
Storeehip Supply, Lieutenant Colhoun
Storeship Freiionia„ Lieutenant Chauncey
Bomb ketch Stromboli, Commander Van Brunt, 93. pr e
Bomb ketch /Bela, Commander Walker, 93• Pr• .... S
Bomb ketch Vesuvius, Commander Magruder, 93/". 1
Bomb ketch Heels, Lieutenant Fairfax, 93-pr.......--. 1
Bomb ketch Electra, Lieutenant Hunt ................ 6
Cutter Forward, Captain Nutted..........................

The 1
according
o
Totaln numberunder
o guns.of guns ..... ........ ...... ................
the ships enumerated, is 353—which is less, sic"' nog
than the actual number. This enumeration d°es,ol,
include several small vessels ctured from the el3lthe
and tak-n into service by Commodore Conn"....oder
brig Wa.shim: ton (one gnu), Lieutenant C"ulmwexico.
S. P. Lee, al,O destined for the Gulf of S
will sail in a few days ; and the Perry ("„-o gasuu
Lieutenant Commander Barron, will sail negimilf
crew can be obtained for her. The strainer irt-ini 14r
(10goi..$). Lieutenant W. W. Hunter, is colePr for Oa'
•qo.ptmlit at Memphi., and will soon be ready.. de•
14 of the vcsels nautili, have been purchaS' "iv) eW
?unit-lent since the commeneeatent of the w sr."—
Tribune.

,ordil

ALARMING FIRE Yell.
_....0
NEAR SOllO-SQUARE.---
i _out in the immense pile of premises occupied by tle.
brokemorning, shortly after one o'clock, a fire of a serious ust:ir.
~a
('',.gan.'', a picture. frame maker, and Messrs. lievin
,t,inivbaleton, an emery and glass. paper manufacturer, oAli
gtol. the
milders, situate in Bramwell's-yard, Rose-street, °.'i__..
the
_r , 4 , the arrottyli 'lllind
square belongiet
to the .. The limes origh ated in the upper story
hrst-nained p d •••• d until the,
had penetr t 4.1 we
ii r. Illeii succeeded iii contihin ' g the confligration to to
er,
upper p,..-ti, nof the pr,tnises. The damage done, howe!, .
is very • '',, 1•1 for
consi,..erti—,, the greater portion of Mr. t,
1011. '
a stuck ill• t; ad is destro I dthe lower Workshy!).
dißscyovgereare t
exertiol:
yet ,an , au
and their L • onients are severely damaged by water. 'I he c
of the disaster c,nat not be learned. dint'
'The queition of admitting the metropolitan)
en,
stock hanks to the privileges of the clearing house, no*
..
jo)ed exclusively by the private bankers, has been nics_r.
"loted. The necessity for both the private and thejol.r.,
stock banks lt,e+ing •res.,rves of bank-notes in their ti;&,a_.
undo. ,xisiing .1. rangements, nich as would 1:10t otherrer
tie requisite, appears to have led to the revival of the subj t•
:
In connexion with this matter, it has been mentioned, ti_.
considera'ion of some nt Inetit, that, ;sere the joint.st c..:
hanks pzrtniTied to hay, acees, to the clearing boos: !Li':
conini..ii :vitt; the private ha.iks, the reserve of notes i
the
100 tb-p dillig rtineiit of the Bbe
frank of England would
the,,,w
intt,qiaily s'rengtheoed. Such would undoubtedly ,„.
case, and the private, as well as the joint-stock banks, 014
possibly feel it to be their interest to promote any ther,,,ut.
thAt nay seem calculated t., have so beneficial tal euLt
Public confidence would be in a degree restored, but an
a=
of the dr-iin f bullion is to be pr,duced through the tnedlubl
ofthe excha,,ges alone. The Lotes to beAispensed with bY•t
I:,ll:.ralisstion of the clearing system may be considered_Ato
have ii,en so la- ,ticia an 41T0)1.111t 1)1 the circulation abstract!!
to a :-..p.•ci;•c purl) rm.. (In "n...:t it; released, they would, in be
first han.h.ce, be iield at Call ill orposo, ..t the Ban, t°
withdrawn tNeutu.iliy, periitys altogethec, its superfigo*
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