The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

CAPTAIN GLASCOCK, R.N.

This worthy man, and an excellent servant of the
public, did not, as stated, die of apoplexy, but of
over-work. In fact,' his life was sacrificed to his
duty. Just arrived from a three years' command
upon the Syrian coast, he was dispatched to Ireland,
in the capacity of an administrant of the Government
relief last year ; and there he was attacked with
severe dysentery. This, combined with over-exertion
and intense bodily and mental labour, it was which
brought his valuable life to a close, and left a wife and
two female children unprovided for, except by the or-
dinary pittance of an officer's widow. Captain Glas-
cock was a public benefactor as well as a public ser-
vant. His "Naval Officer's Manual" is a text-book in
the navy ; and his naval novels have been the delight
of thousands in this and other countries. In fact, his
life was one act of devotion to the public and private
good of his countrymen and his fellow-creatures. Is
it to be borne, then, in a rich country like Eng-
land, that the children, the female children of such a
man and such an officer,Shotild be left unprovided
for.? When the Pension List shows the sisters of
sub-secretaries of the Treasury, the mothers of peers,
and the sisters of ex Cabinet Ministers, in the enjoy-
ment' of the public bounty, is it too much to require
that a helping hand should be held out to the
daughters of one of the bravest sailors and most in-
telligent authors that this kingdom can boast of? For-
bid it, Heaven.—Observer.

,
DEATH OP THE EARL OF MORAL—The demise of
this Nobleman took place at Darnaway
Castle, Moray-
shire, late on Wednesday night. The deceased, who
was in his 77th year, had for several years been in
delicate health, and having been attacked with the
prevailing epidemic, it became evident he could not
long bear up under it. The deceased, Francis Stuart,
besides his titlo of Earl of Moray, was also Baron
Stuartl77l, ; s
ulc ic. Te
succeeded
ed L o rhd-
i s
Donne and Baron St. Colme; in the peerage of Briton,
Ll7ie9u6ienßanartonof Stuartiiginh
soire of Castle
father, Francis, ninth Earl, 1810, married (first), 1795,
asbtolern
LUcy, daughter of the late Major-General John Scott of
Ba,lcombie, who died 1798; (second), 1801, Margaret
Jane, daughter of Sir Philip Ainslie, Knt., who died
1837, and has issue, by his first marriage, Francis Lord
Donne, born 1795; Hon. John, born 1797; by his second
Archibald Stuart, of Grantully, Bart.; Lady
Margaret
Lady Anne
iCharles, born
Grace,bornBmllBBi marriage,
jrolr9i;ahgneH Lon June,
n Louisa, born d. Archibald,aeo,
born 1807;
1813;1810 H
; ilo° n . eLady Jane, born 1802, married 1832 the latee.
George, born
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By the
zidioeraathy
hire has become vacant.
THE VERDICT ON THE EUSTON of the Noble earl
STATION the
A c c Lord-
Lieutenancyi
nENT.—It dues not appear to have occurred to the jury,
that it was their bounden duty to make every effort to
obtain " sufficient evidence" of how the wall fell: for, so
far from doing so, they omitted taking the most ordinary
and obvious means of arriving at the truth. A further
investigation is, not merely most detirable", but shoal be
insisted on.—Builder.