The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE EARL OF WEST.

MOREL AND.

We regret to have to announce the demise of
• Gen. the Earl of Westmoreland, G.C.B. and G.C.H.
colonel of the 56th Regiment. The noble end gal-
lant earl expired on Sunday evening, at Apthorpe-
house, the ancient family seat in Northamptonshire,
after a short but severe illness. From illness he was
unable to attend the funeral of the Earl of Jersey,
and it was not until a few days before his dissolu-
tion that his indisposition assumed a serious aspect,
The deceased, John Fane,llth Earl of Westmore-
land and Baron Burghersh, in the iseerage of Bog-
land, was only son of John, 10th earl, by his first
marriage with Sarah Anne, .only daughter and heir
of Mr. It. Child, the opulent banker of Fleet-street.
He was born Feb. 3, 1781, so that he was in his
76th year. The late peer mulled, June 26, 1811,
'Priscilla Anne 'Wellesley, youngest daughter of
Wellesley Pole, third Earl of Mornington, by
whem he leaves surviving issue two - sons and a
Oaughter,viz.,FrancisWzn.Henry Lord Burghersh
(who succeeds 'to the earldom), the Hon. J. Fane,
Secretary of Legation at Vienna, and Lady Rose
Fane.
The deceased earl had eminently distinguished
himself both in the military and tiiplomatie service
of his country for a period extending over half a
century. He entered the army as ensign at the close
of the year 1803, and became captain in the 23d
Welsh Fusiliers in May, 1805, .velien he was: ap-
pointed aide-de-camp to Lieu},-Gen. Don on the
expedition to Hanover. In 1.?,06 and 1807 he served
in Sicily as assist.eadjutais.c-general, and during his
employment in the Mediterranean he accompanied
Admiial Sir J. Duckworth's fleet, and was present
in the action of the passage of the Dardanelles and
the destruction of the Turkish fleet off the Castles,
the actions before Constantinople, at the island of
Prota, and at the repassage of the fleet through
the Dardanelles. His lordship afterwards served
in Egypt with the force under General Wauchope,
as assistant-adjutant- general, and took part at
the first storming •f the town of Rosetta, in the
retreat, - and subsequently in the second -attaek.,
and siege of that place with the force commanded by.
Major-General Sir W. Stewart. In 1808 he joined
the army in Portugal as Assistant-Adjutant-Gene-
ral in the army commanded by Sir Arthur Welles-
ley, and was present at the battles of Rolcia and
Vimiera. In the following year we find Lord
Burghersh acting as extra aide-de-camp to Lord
Wellington, and was among the gallant heroes who
shared the dangers and glories of Talavera. The
year succeeding, 1810, he served with the ..3d Dra-
goon Guards in the campaign in Portugal, includ-
ing
the retreat to Torres Vedras, battle of Busaco,
and advance to Santarem. In September, 1813, he
proceeded to the head-quarters of the allied armies,
under Prince Schwarzenberg, in Germany, accre-
dited as Military Commissioner. He served at the
siege of Huninguen, and the campaign of 1814 in
France, including the taking of Langres, and the
battles of La Rothiere, capture of Troyes, affairs of
Morman and Nangis, in front of Bray, defence of
Troyes when attacked by Bonaparte, the battle of
Bar-sur-Aube, the subsequent affair upon the Barce,
recapture of Troyes, battles of Arcis-sur-Aube and
of Fere Champenoise, the advance upon. battle, and
capture of Paris. In August, ISI4, he was ap-
pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary at Florence, and served with the Austrian
army in the campaign against Naples iu 1815, in-
cluding the battles of Tolentino and Marcerata, and
signed, in conjunction with Field-Marshal Bianchi,
the Convention of Cana Lanza, by which the king-
dom of Naples was restored to its legitimate sove-
reign, Ferdinand. The late earl was appointed a
Privy Councillor in March, 1822, and in 1825 he
went on a special mission to the Court of Naples to
congratulate Francis L on his accession to the
throne as King of the Two Sicilies. When the late
Sir Robert Peel came into office, in 1811, his lord-
ship was selected by the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Secretary of State for the Foreign Department,
to succeed Lord W. Russell, in the October of that
year, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin. His
lordship continued resident Minister to Prussia
up to the spring of 1851, when his diplo-
matic talents were transferred to Vienna. During
his residence at Berlin he had to discharge the de-
licate functions of mediator between the Danish and
Prussian Plenipotentiaries in the Sleswig-Holstein
affair, and, after a tedious and protracted negotia-
tion, signed with them the treaty of peace between
Prussia and Denmark on July 2, 1850. It was dur-
ing his residence as Minister to the Emperor of
Austria that he displayed his judgment and talents
as a diplomatist. As Minister from England he was
unremittingly engaged in the difficult negotiations
connected with the Turkish question. On Lord J.
Russell being sent to the Congress at Vienna in
February, 1855, the late earl was one of the spe-
cial plenipotentiaries at the conferences. In No-
vember of the same year he retired from his post.
of British Minister at the Court of Vienna on his
well-merited diplomatic pension, and was succeeded
by the Eight Hon. Sir 0. 11. Seymour. The last
service he was selected by his Sovereign to perform
was in July, 1856, when he was appointed to con-
vey her Majesty's congratulations to the King of
the Belgians on the 25th anniversary of his ascen-
cension to the throne of Belgium. His Majesty
King Leopold conferred on him, by a Royal decree,
the Grand Cross of the Belgian Order of Leopold,
but his lordship did not obtain the Queen's permis-
sion to wear the decoratien, as it was not given for
military services. The late Earl of Westmoreland'
was, in June, 1846, nominated a Grand Cross (Civil
Division) of the Order of the Bath, having pre-
viously been made a Knight Commander of that
order of knighthood. Ho was Knight Grand Cross
of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover; a Grand
Cross of the Red Eagle of Prussia; of Henri le
Lion of Brunswick; St. Ferdinand and St. Janua-
rims of Naples, and San Joseph of Tuscany ; and
Knight of Maria Theresa of Austria.
The earl's commissions in the army bear date as
follows :—Ensign, December, 17, 1863; Lieutenant,
January 5, 1804 ; Captain, May 3, 1805 ; Major
December 20, 1810; Lieut.-Colonel, December 12,
1811; Colonel, June 4, 1814 ; Major-General, May.

27, 1825; Lieutenant-General, June 28, 1838; and
General, June 20, 1854; appointed Colonel of the
56th (the West Es3ex) Rerriment of Foot, Nov. 17,
1842, which, by his lordship's demise, becomes at
the disposal of the General Commanding-in-Chief.
He had received the war medal and four clasps for
ltoleia, Vimicra, Talavera, and Busaco.
By the lamented decease of his lordship the earl-
dom devolves upon his eldest surviving son, Francis
William Henry Lord Burgbcrsh (now Earl of
Westmoreland), born 19th of November, 1825, and
married to Lady Adelaide Ida Curzon, second
daughter of the Earl llowe. The present Earl en-
tered the army, 25th Foot, as Ensign, in February,
1843, soon after leaving Westminster school. He
served in the Punjaub campaign of 1846 as aide-de-
camp to the Governor-General, Viscount Hardingc,
and was present at the battle of Goojerat, for which
he received a medal and also the rank of Brevet-
. _

Major. lie subsequently entered the Coldstream
Guards, and on war breaking out in Turkey he ac-
companied his uncle, the late Field-Marshal Lord
Raglan, commanding the British army in the East,
as aide-de-camp. He was present at the battle of
tho Alma, Lord Raglan's despatches of which lie
conveyed home from the Crimea, and was made a
Brevet Lieutenant• Colonel, and shortly afterwards
a Companion of the Order of the Bath. In 185 G he
was appointed aide-de-camp to his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge. i.

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, Lord and
Lady Raglan, Lord and Lady Tcmplemore, the
Countess (Dowager) of Jersey, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Bessborough, the Dowager Lady Raglan,
the Earl of Mornington, and other families of rank
are placed in mourning by the sad event.

CHOLERA IN WICK.—ThiS malignant disease has
again broken out in Wick, and, along with diarrhoea having
the most serious choleraic phases, has caused five deaths ;
but we are happy to add that since Sunday evening last no
further mortality has taken place, and Pulteneytown con-
tinues entirely exempt from the disease. The number of
deaths since the first outbreak a month ago is 19, and the
known cases probably now exceed double that number. In
the country districts there- ave been no further cases fot a
fortnight.—Northern Ensign.

ESCAPE OF A DANGEROUS LUNATIC.—The police
have received information that John Stubbs, a maniac, who
was some years back found concealed in Buckingham
Palace with dangerous weapons, had escaped from Cheshire
Lunatic Asylum, where ho has been confined since the dis-
covery of his settlement. It is stated that on Monday last,
on hearing some one speaking of the Queen's visit to Ban-
gor, he became fearfully excited, and made two desp.raie
attempts to escape, which were frustrated. On Thursday
night, however, he succeeded in breaking- out of the asylum,
and was traced as far as Upton, near Chester, but as yet
has eluded capture.
EXTENSION OF SOUTIIEND.—A "new town" is
said to be about to be built at Southend, Essex, by Mes:r3
Pete, Brassey, and Betts, the lessees of the railway which
terminates at that place. The site selee!ed co ni :cs
about 40 acres on the pretty and romantic beig-hts, or c iffs,
70 feet above the sea, to the cast of tha pier, aad imme-
diately facing Sheerness. The prospect is a very fine one,
commanding as it does Sheerness, the Nore, and the vast
expanse of the German Ocean. It is proposed to erect here
about 300 houses of simple design, consisting o' plain brick
with white Suffolk brick dressings or ornrunentations. The
houses will consist of four distinct classes, suitable for all
ranks. The edifices will be built, in blocks, divided int )
terraces of S or 12 to each. Space will be reserved for the erec-
tion of a hotel, a church, and assembly and reading rooms.
About 100 of the houses will, it is expected, be ready for
occupation next season. The desiges have been prepared by
Messrs. Banks and Barry ; and Messrs. Lucas Brothers will
be the builders. The expenditure is estimated at L 2,59,009.
The promoters aro constructing au artesian well, which will
be 420 feet deep. At present the water, which is of a,fine
quality, rises within 100 feet of the surface of the ground
level. An abundant supply of water will thus be secured
for the new town.