The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-30 00:00:00

DEATH OF LORD COWLEY.

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

The deceased nobleman, as our readers are aware, filled
the office of Britiih—Xmbassador at the French Court up to
a recent period; mills Lordship's retirement from that office
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 attacked 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 fifth and youngest son
of Garnett first Earl of .Mornington, by the eldest daughter
of the first Earl of Dunp_xvon, and was consequently
brother to the Duke of Wellington, the late Marquis
Wellesley, and the late Earl of Mornington. He 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,
ConstantinopleHon.wilr iEnmlBboa4ssr
Captain (now Lord
Secretary
Cowley
),
boon%
the Hon.
the Hon. Charlotte, born in 1807, and William,
R.N.;
bert Grosvenor • the Hon. and Rev. Ginaniell to Lord Ro-
bert
Charlotte Ma born Gerard ; and the Hon.
17 in 1817. Lord Cowley sel-
dom took a prominent Part in the internal affairs of this
country. His services have
I.been almost entirely rendered
abroad in the civil capacityoadipl?matist. In this latter
character, indeed, he distinguished
For himself on many occa-
sions.
many years he was
' and .the British Ambassador at
the Court of Vienna -
he proceededonthe
ianceaesssilmolilaorfSir Robert
Peel to power in 1841,
capacity to
Paris, where he remained during the whole of that Right
Hon.
Baronet's administration, and on retirement was suc-
ceeded by the Marquis of Normanby. In politics the de-
ceased held opinions similar to those profess
illus-
trious brother the Duke of Wellington, professed by his
who held his proxy
in the Upper House. In 1828 he received 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-
Imains of the deceased nobleman will, it is expected, be
brought to England for interment.

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• / RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF COMNIONS.-(YESTERDAY.)

GROUP YT.

31TRIt AND yzovrz, AND EXETER,
TNOVII., AND DORCHESTER.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Captain Buller, tithe and copyhold commissioner, and ma-
gistrate of the county of Devon, and owner of considerable
property at Wimple, in the neighbourhood of Exeter, was
also called to give evidence in support of the proposed line.
D. B. Davey, merchant of Topsham, also deposed to the
beneficial effect to be derived from the construction of the
direct route to Exeter. _ .

The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve to-
morrow.

GROUP XIII.
The Committee to whom the following Bills have been
referred met this morning in Room 33; Mr. Buller, M.P.,
in the chair.
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds (Extension to Yarmouth).
Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration near Needham).
Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wymondham to the Norwich
Extension of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds Railway,
near Diss).
Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extension).
Norfolk Railway (Thetford to Lowestoft Railway, 84c., with
Branch to Halesworth.)
The first line proceeded with was the
IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDVITTICDS (=-
TENSION TO inastaviouss).
Mr. Jai xs opened the case for the promoters, in the
gham—He said the line was
ab-
sence of Mr. Sergeant Wran
promoted by the Eastern Union Railway, and that
it would start from a point to the north of Diss,
on the line of the Eastern Union between Stowmarket
and Norfolk, which was passed last year, and which is now
in the course of construction. It would then run by
Harleston, Bungay, Beccles, across the Lowestoft Railway,
to Yarmouth, where an independent station would be erected
at Southtown, another station being much required by the
inhabitants of the town. The distance between Yarmouth
and London would be greatly reduced. After glancing at
the proceedings which had been taken in Parliament, with
respect to affording railway communication to the district,
he proceeded to say that the length of the line would be 32
miles, 1 furlong, and fchain; that it would cost 460,000/,
and that as the country was extremely facile for the
construction of a railway, owing to its flatness, the line would
be nearly a surface one, and, therefore, presented no engineer-
ing difficulties. The scheme of the Norfolk Company would
commence on the Norfolk line at Thetford, and run by Diss
to Beccles, almost along the route of the line for which he
(Mr. James) appeared ; it would then strike off at that point,
and form a junction again with the Norfolk line at Reedham,
and the cost would be 760,0004 and it would be for the Com-
mittee to say whether they would consent, in the present
state of the money market, to the expenditure of so large a
sum when nearly the same objects could be obtained for
460,0001.
The first witness examined was
Mr. Costerton, a merchant, of Bradwell House, Great.Yar-
month, who stated that the line would be of the greatest
advantage to the district which it was proposed to traverse ;
that the trade of Yarmouth required an additional and an
independent station, and that the present station could not
be extended to meet this want owing to the difficulty which
would be experienced in getting the necessary land. The
station being on the west side of the river, and the river being
crossed and the groups intersected by tramroads, great ac-
commodation would be afforded. The population of Yar-
mouth was 27,849.
Mr. MIREENVETITER (who appears for the Norfolk Com-
pany) intimated that those for whom he appeared were
ready to admit the necessity of a line through the district;
in fact, it would be his duty to show that such a line was

required.
The CHAIRMAN said it would be necessary to adduce some
evidence to show that such a line was required. Cott.,el
would of course use their discretion, and not adduce unne-
cessary evidence.
Several witnesses, well acquainted with Yarmouth, gave
evidence in favour of the line, and detailed minutely its local
superiority over the line of the Norfolk Company.
Mr. Cobel, a gentleman connected with the Yarmouth
Custom-house, said ships came to Yarmouth from all parts
of the world with the exception of Asia; that the imports
and exports were rapidly on the increase, and that the feel-
ing of the town was decidedly in favour of a station at
Southtown. For cattle it would be particularly useful.
Cross-examined by Mr. CORRY—Cattle might be put on
the trams, and so conveyed to the stations for transmission
to their destination.

Mr. Jackson, soap manufacturer, of Yarmouth, said last
year he manufactured 500 tons of soap. He sent a great
quantity to the district traversed by the proposed line, and
for that purpose he had found the present station very de-
fective, and the cause of much delay, on account of the want
of sufficient accommodation. By a more direct line and an
additional station his trade would be increased. He understood
that the new station of the Norfolk Company, on the site of
Paget's brewery, was intended to be a passenger station, so
that it would not cause much additional goods accommoda-
tion at the present station. There was a general feeling in
Yarmouth in favour of a station like that of the proposed
line. He should send his goods to the district from it.
Adjourned until to-morrow.