The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-09 00:00:00

THE LATE LORD GRANVILLE.

The deceased Peer was the second son of Granville,
first Marquis of Stafford, and half-brother of the first
Duke of Sutherland. His Lordship was born on the
12th of October, 1773, and married on the 24th Decem-
ber, 1809, the Lady Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish, second
daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire.
As Lord Granville Gower, the deceased nobleman
took an active part in political affairs prior to 1815, oc
cupying for several years the important post of Ambas
saAor at the Imperial Court of Russia. In 1815 he was
created Viscount Granville, of Stone Park, in the county
of Stafford. On his appointment as Ambassador to
France, by the Whig Government, in 1833, his Lordship
was further raised to the dignity of an Earl.
In 1800, Mr. Pitt appointed his Lordship a Lord of the
Treasury, in the room of the Hon. J. T. Townshend.
The deceased Earl was, however, destined to take a more
distinguished position in the public service. He was
appointed Ambassador to Russia at that troublesome
period when Napoleon was exerting all his skill to re-
concile the Emperor Alexander to the territorial con-
quests the F.ench army tad achieved in Prussia and
Austria. His Lordship was at St. Petersburgh when the
whole of the views of the British Government were
thwarted by the Emperor Alexander throwing
himself into the arms of the common enemy.
The Noble Earl continued resident Minister at
Russia some years, a 7 d was subsequently ac
cr dited Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary at
the Hague. Oa Earl Grey's accession to power
as Prime Minister, Earl Granville was soli-
cited to take the high diplomatic post of Ambas-
sador at Paris, and, with the interval of a few months,
when Sir R. Peel assumed office in 1834, the Noble Earl
continued to fill that important station at the Court of
France up to the resignation of Viscount Melbourne.
In politics, although introduced into the vortex of
political life by Pitt, the late Earl was a Whig, and a
supporter of the Governments of Earl Grey and Vis-
count Melbourne.
There is an incident connected with the early life of
the late Earl, which should be alluded to. It is known
that the fatal shot which killed Spencer Perceval was
intended -to have destroyed Lord Granville Leveson
Gower, as Bellingham himself asserted, for the alleged
ill-treatment he had received in Russia. when Lord
Granville Leveson Gower was minister there.
By the elevation of Lord Leveson to the peerage, a
vacancy for Lichfield is occasioned.

GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, JAN. 2.--Firmness
among holders has been very general within this few days
past, and we do not hear of any iron offering under 80s., al-
though we are not aware of any transactions at these figure.
—Glasgow Argus.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—On Friday, the
26th ult., a girl, eleven years cf age, named Sarah Ann
Malthouse, who resided with her parents in Monk-terrace, in
the suburbs of this city, disappeared, and has not since been
heard of. Her mother had sent her on an errand, and she never
returned. The girl, who has dark eyes and hair, had on at,
the time a blue merino dress and a black apron, but no bon-
net; a light-clovred silk handkerchief was also thrown
across her shoulders. INquiries have this week been
made at Leeds among her friends respecting her, but with-
out success, and the mother yesterday made au application
to the York magistrates fur advice in the matter, when they
recommended her to issue placards in some of the principal
towns in the county. 'We hope this paragraph will meet
the eye of some one who can give such information as will
lead to the discovery of the girl.—York Herald.
The Earl of Besborough and the Ladies Ponsonby
have left Besborough House, county of Kilkenny, for Loudon.